If you’re in the market for a used car and you’ve looked at cars that are being sold by the current owner, you may have run across a car for sale that has a lien. A lien means that someone else, in ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...

If you’re purchasing a used car that was financed and the owner still owes car payments on it, things can be complicated. All loans on a car with a lien must be paid off before the seller can transfer ...