What I have seen here in Memphis is that sometimes the car is being sold without title cause someone took out title loan and doesn't have title anymore. It seams that almost half the cars in Craigslist here are with bill of sale only. Applying for a lost title is simple and not very expensive, so I tend to think that there is something fishy with no title sales.
riddle me this batman...
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More and more states don't issue titles on cars more than a certain age, some states it's as little as 20 years old. :wink:
The GP I bought recently didn't have a title. So i got a court issued title. Having a bill of sale helps alot.Having a bill of sale(s) shows proper transfer of ownership without a title. Buying a car without title is risky, but worth it( depending on the car).
In california it's actually very easy to get a title for a vehicle you buy without one. as long as you have a bill of sale. I have even made up my own bill of sale on my cutlass i used to have because the guy i bought it from (whom i knew very well) was never available to fill it out after i gave him the money and had the car. I turned it in they do there work and in a couple weeks usps drops it in my mailbox....... 
But if there is no title i would at least make sure the last registration papers had the so-called owners name on it and get a copy of their drivers license
But if there is no title i would at least make sure the last registration papers had the so-called owners name on it and get a copy of their drivers licensePersonally I won't even touch a car without a title. There's too much BS associated with it and you're basically buying someone else's problem. A lot of scrap yards won't take cars without titles either.
Here's something else to think about too. I sold a '79 Malibu to a guy when I was 18 and he never bothered to have the car put in his name. I eventually got a letter in the mail about the car being in an impound yard. I went to check it out and discovered that the owner got arrested on drug charges. The car had been painted and gotten new wheels. With the letter I got into the yard, then we had almost finished swapping wheels to my Monte SS until a State Trooper stopped by and made us switch them back because he knew the deal with the car.
Even though my GP won't see the road anytime soon, the first thing I did was have the title transferred to avoid anything stupid from happening.
Here's something else to think about too. I sold a '79 Malibu to a guy when I was 18 and he never bothered to have the car put in his name. I eventually got a letter in the mail about the car being in an impound yard. I went to check it out and discovered that the owner got arrested on drug charges. The car had been painted and gotten new wheels. With the letter I got into the yard, then we had almost finished swapping wheels to my Monte SS until a State Trooper stopped by and made us switch them back because he knew the deal with the car.
Even though my GP won't see the road anytime soon, the first thing I did was have the title transferred to avoid anything stupid from happening.
I would think that in any state you would have to have a title to register a vehicle. My little Ranger I had a couple of months back had a salvage "TOTAL LOSS CLAIM" title. But I had a title still. There are really only two reasons; either they are just lazy and lost it and don't feel like doing the paper work for another one 
or there is a lein on the vehicle (and somebody will get screwed over on that deal)
or there is a lein on the vehicle (and somebody will get screwed over on that deal)
For those not paying attention earlier, some states do not/will not provide a title on older cars, age varies among those states.
G-Body_Vet said:
-.- ok it didn't come out of left field... essentially in the world there exists a car called the skyline and it is awesome in all ways
That is a skyline and before you say hmm, never seen one of those cars before.... its because they are one on a group of cars considered outlawed in america... the title to this car might say 2000 Nissan Skyline, guess what when you take it to the mva, its useless because since the car never passed domestic regulations, it cannot pass inspection and cannot be tagged unless historic and since it's not historic according to federal law the title is useless... so it is one of the cars that people buy titles for and weld vins on to the car and potentially title the vehicle although still incredibly illegal, but it hasn't been done a lot since its troublesome and just as illegal and any other way you can drive it ... a lot skylines 1989 and up I believe have been obtained by police and are being held until further notice... a few were crushed but that information is having a hard time being leaked to the public... there could have been advancements on that story since I haven't cared in so long... I just want one and I know until I have 20 grand I can't have one, which is why I'm building my other project but anyways I just figured that the jdm passtime known as skyline should be mentioned in this thread of things that are potentially illegal and why... not so out of left field
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