# title lein release quick question. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 15, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914 "2007-03-15T07:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/1 "2007-03-15T07:30:06Z")
Hey Guys. I’m about to make the last payment on my truck. How does the title lein release procedure work? The lein holder is a local bank (credit union). Do they just stamp the title as lein satisfied, and can I sell the car, or do I have to wait for it to be mailed back to Albany, and come back clear? I’m trying to figure if i can sell the car outright asap, or will i have to wait a few weeks for albany to send a new title. Thanks, Justin ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/2 "2007-03-15T07:34:04Z")
htey send u a letter of lein release and u give that with the title u have to the next owner ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/3 "2007-03-15T07:39:55Z")
that’s correct ^ ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/4 "2007-03-15T07:42:50Z")
the bank sometimes takes a while unless u go there and tell them u really need it and they will type it up for u right there ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/5 "2007-03-15T07:45:21Z")
They wait 30 days a lot of times. Banks are ghey. X… ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/6 "2007-03-15T07:46:54Z")
took 2 weeks for me to get mine after I sent in the last payment, my loan company was in cali. If its a local bank you can go there and get it or have them mail it ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/7 "2007-03-15T07:46:54Z")
Yea, the bank just sends you a letter, then when you sell the vehicle you just give them the title and letter; then when they register it, the lean is removed from the paper title. I just paid off my Firebird, I had a letter in 3 days. If I would’ve gone to the bank for the final payment, they would’ve give me it right there. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/8 "2007-03-15T07:52:04Z")
yea it depends all on the bank I guess ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/9 "2007-03-15T08:14:08Z")
Yeah I deal with a credit union with 5 employees. They all know me by name, i’m sure they will just type up a letter on their letterhead and hand it to me that day. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/title-lein-release-quick-question/25914/10 "2007-03-16T10:24:22Z")
[quote=“JustinH,post:9,topic:25914"”] Yeah I deal with a credit union with 5 employees. They all know me by name, i’m sure they will just type up a letter on their letterhead and hand it to me that day. [/quote] Yeah thats what they have always done for me is just type it right there because usually I am paying the remainder off because the car is being sold, then I get the Official paperwork in the mail a week later or so.