What Is A Lemon Law Buyback Title?

Also known as lemon law buyback title, a lemon law title refers to the title of a vehicle that has been repurchased by a car company pursuant to the lemon law. A lemon law title alerts subsequent consumers of red flags and potentially serious safety defects in a vehicle’s service history.

The lemon law is a consumer protection law that is designed to protect consumers who purchase or lease defective vehicles.  The lemon law is designed to protect the public and individual consumers by removing defective and unsafe vehicles from the road. The lemon law also applies to other defective consumer goods like motorcycles, boats, RV’s, electronics and household appliances.

California’s lemon law contains something called the Automotive Consumer Notification Act, which requires car companies to brand the titles of any and all lemons they repurchase. This is done to notify consumers further down the stream of commerce about the vehicle’s defects, and to prevent the auto industry from lemon laundering, a practice that unfortunately still happens to do when folks attempt to hide the histories of defective vehicles.