MARK KOHLERMain Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, LLC · Owner at Main Street Professionals, LLC

Don't Leave Your Car Out of Your Trust 🚘

14 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief estate‑planning monologue, Mark Kohler advises that owners of paid‑off vehicles should title those vehicles in the name of their revocable living trust. He explains that doing so prevents the need for a post‑mortem title transfer at the DMV, avoids potential disputes among surviving spouses or children over who receives a particular car, and sidesteps the administrative hassle of proving entitlement to the title after the owner’s death. By placing the vehicle directly in the trust, the asset can pass smoothly to the designated beneficiary without probate or DMV delays.

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Whenever possible, especially with your vehicles that are paid off, I want them titled in the name of the trust. Let me tell you why. First, and it's pretty obvious, but when you pass away, someone's gotta get that title transferred into the right name. Is it your surviving spouse? Is it a child? Is there a fight over who gets the cool F-250 or the sports car? It could get ugly. And even if the will says someone gets it and everybody agrees, you've gotta walk into the DMV and prove to them that you're the person That's supposed to get the title in their name.