@shel title is a 1 time fee you pay. You take the old title and sales receipt to the dmv and pay them some fee based on the value of the car. ($75 + 7% sales tax) and they give you a new title (paper that says you own the car)
Then you can register the car for use on the road
@Fuego @shel fwiw if I ever buy a car I'm probably going to be in exactly the same place, of "omg I am overwhelmed by all this Adulting Stuff, HOW DO I EVEN, haaaalp," so this is useful-in-proxy, thank you both! :]