State Guides

Title brands, lemon laws, dealer rules and fraud penalties change at the state line, and a car titled in one state can carry a brand that means something different in the next. Each guide here covers one state: how its titles are branded, what its lemon law and used-car rules require of sellers, where to look up a title, and where to file a complaint. Click a state on the map or pick it from the list. States without a guide yet are marked coming soon; the list grows with every guide we publish.