Title Cloning

The Title Cloning feature is designed to simplify the process of titling multiple similar vehicles. For example, Title Cloning is used when you are registering ten new 2009 Ford Fusions for a local rental car agency.

 

To begin the process, select New Registration with PS. Search and select the vehicle and owner information. Once on the Title Application – PS screen, add all of the relevant information (owner, seller, lien holder, and vehicle description) for the first vehicle. Select the Clone Title button on the toolbar. Note, the Clone Title button appears with the standard Windows copy icon, and reveals the Clone Title tool tip if you hover over the button.

 

 

The system will indicate that the Title fields were cloned successfully. Click Next to finish the process on this vehicle. When you begin the process for the second vehicle you can press the Skip button on both the Owner Lookup and the Red Book Lookup screens. On the Title screen, simply press the Paste Clone button on the toolbar. Note, the Paste Clone button appears with the standard Windows paste icon, and reveals the Paste Clone tool tip if you hover over the button.) 

 

All of the fields cloned from the original Title will appear in the corresponding text boxes. Simply enter the remaining values such as VIN and/or vehicle color and proceed to the next step in the process.

 

There are a few other items worth noting about Title Cloning:

• The cloned Title object is only available for your user within your current software session. For example, you cannot paste on Tuesday the Title information you originally cloned on Monday. You must start by cloning a Title on Tuesday.
• There are several vehicle fields which you cannot clone (such as VIN and odometer reading) because they are, by definition, different for each vehicle.
• By pressing the Clone Title button subsequent times, you can update the cloned Title object to reflect the currently displayed vehicle. For example, you might clone the first vehicle for a rental agency - a 2009 Ford Fusion. After pasting the cloned information for the first five vehicles, you could paste it for the sixth vehicle, change the model to a 2009 Ford Explorer, and press the Clone Title button. From this point forward, pressing the Paste Clone button will insert the updated information for the Ford Explorer.