The Oregon DMV has fairly straight forward processes in place for inheriting a vehicle. There are four possible processes:

1. Title has Multiple Owners with Survivorship.
2. Title without Survivorship and Estate is not going to be Probated.
3. Title without Survivorship and Estate is currently being Probated.
4. Title without Survivorship and Estate has been Probated, but is now closed.

For details on these processes, the DMV has a document with additional help. The document is here: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/dmv/docs/chapter_g.pdf

The DMV’s Inheritance Affidavit is form 735-0516.  You can get it here:  https://www.oregon.gov/odot/DMV/Pages/Form/index.aspx 

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