i have a car with no car title ! what to do ?
 

a while back i bought a honda with no car title from a buddy , the cars record is clean not stolen. but i tried to get the title through the dmv but they said i need the previous owner . neither me or my buddy know who the owner is . he bought the car from some guy and no one ever registered the car . any one know what i can do ? the car is in perfect condition, with less than 70k miles with lots of mods.

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your screwed :-X

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race car

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i didnt lose much i paid 100 bucks for it , if anything ill strip it and sell the parts

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where are you located? what car/year? i'll buy it from you for 200 and you made 100% profit ;D

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I have the same problem, I have a 91 STD hatch that was never registered in Florida. The DMV said I had to go to the police, to see if it was ever reported stolen, If not I had to fill a form, and either take it to a lawyer or a notary, to stamped it or something, declaring that I bought the car and blah blah. I have not done anything yet. I don't really want it, but mine doesn't run and needs new fenders and hood. I need to sell that bitch.

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so if i do that(go to pig station) and get a report and lawyer signs it ,that makes it all good ?

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That's what they told me, Where are you? States might have different laws. The only bad thing is that if they find it was stolen somewhere you might loose the car. It was only $100, but you might get more if you part it out. If you are 100% sure it wasn't stolen I would go to the pig station, or maybe call them first explain the problem, maybe they tell you what to do over the phone.

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not a 100% but online records (car max) shows clean record the cool thing is that i have the same car only 2 years newer so the parts fit my car also i might just put all the mods on mine and the sell the stock on egay

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oh and i leave in chicago

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Then I would try calling the cops to see what they say, that way they won't see the car or anything like it. You might want to say you are planning on buying this car, but it doesn't have a title and blah blah, but don't tell them you already have it, maybe it'll work. If they say no, then take everything out and sell or junk the shell.

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thats some good thinking .thats what im probably going to do , i tried a body shop but they charge me like 700 bucks to get it and they said maybe ,the ------- crazy ! pay 700 for maybe hell no

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davcivic did you say you had std??

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Cool, just let us know what happens, hopefully you can get everything legal and get good money out of that deal.

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oh yeah hope it doesnt turn out to be a car used in a mob hit or something and i end up going to jail for 20 years :-[

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doubt it!! you bought it after the hit. at least that's your story ;)

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You are going to have to track down the last registered owner to file for a lost title at your state office You can track this down at a police department or dmv.

If that person is deceased then you need bills of sale to file with the state to show that you are the rightfull owner. (*note that if the car has changed hands a lot and a few jokers already filed bills of sale, you will have to pay ALL taxes on all bills since/ because the car is unregistered)

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buddy do a vin swap, take the dash out buy another vin and ownership off someone and take it from there, its easy and its almost impossible to get caught if you do it correctly.. scrape the one off the door or paint over it (sticker) i believe, and there is 1 under the hood (VW's anyways) just cut it out say it was rusting....

there not hard to get, try scrap yards and ----..i got 1 from a place like that

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BAN!!!!

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hes probably right, this would be the easiest way to do this. but, it may not be right.

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Here in NM if you have a situation like that you need:

1. certified mail receipt that you tried to get in touch with prior owner
2. VIN inspection done by certified VIN inspector
3. NCIC check to see if the vehicle has ever been reported stolen
4. Lost title bond (usually $50)
5. Any documentation showing you were engaged in purchasing the vehicle

after all that, you can get the title reprinted in your name for $13 :P

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track down the original owner and if they let you keep it, your cool.

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I was gonna buy a first gen hatch that didn't have any papers, and the owner before the current one is probably dead. LOL sucks for me.

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I just went through that, all I did was call the dmv and they told me who the last registered owner was

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why dont u just swap all the mods onto your car and just go to the station and see whats up if they take the car back atleast u have the mods n ----...

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Damn, its not that hard guys, go grab a bill of sale, go to the dmv and find out who the "current" owner is... say u saw that car hit someone and u need the info to report to the police or some ----, the dmv will believe anything. Once you have the last owners name, all it takes is a signature.. and if u really wanted you dont even have to print his name on the bill of sale, just sign it all crazy and the dmv will fill in the name for u.. end of story.. if it fails, theyll just reqeust the info from you.. you lose nothing