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Lease issuers argue they own the car in name only, and exercise no more control over how it's driven than a bank that finances a car purchase. (Banks take liens, not titles, for cars.) Most states agree, but a handful of eastern ones--including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island--don't.