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Trade-in: does owner have to be present?

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The car we are trading in is titled in my wife's name. Does she have to be present at the tradein/delivery?

(I emailed my delivery advisor asking him this - unsurprisingly, no answer)

If the answer is yes - my wife and I have durable powers of attorney for each other. Can I bring that and then get it done without her there?
 
The car we are trading in is titled in my wife's name. Does she have to be present at the tradein/delivery?

(I emailed my delivery advisor asking him this - unsurprisingly, no answer)

If the answer is yes - my wife and I have durable powers of attorney for each other. Can I bring that and then get it done without her there?

Theoretically the power of attorney would be acceptable in most situations, but I’m not sure you want to take the risk here. It appears a large number of the staff are temp employees that aren’t comfortable or authorized to do anything other than exactly what they’ve been told.

tl;dr - Plan in bringing your wife