Anyone have any experience with this? DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner and a Bill of sale is not an acceptable form of documentation to register the car in SC.
Anyone have any experience with this? DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner and a Bill of sale is not an acceptable form of documentation to register the car in SC.
First question I'd try to get a good answer to is why the DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner...
BoxheadTim wrote: First question I'd try to get a good answer to is why the DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner...
Because I have the car already and seller only had a picture of it. Have a bill of sale. GA is not wanting to let him have a replacement title
FYI, car is not stolen. Came up clean at DMV
Datsun1500 wrote: Was the title in the name of the guy you bought it from? If I lose a title, I can go get one. If I sell a car, that guy does not get one in his name, and loses the signed one, he's out of luck.
Yes
If the DMV's not giving him the title, it's not in his name.
Sounds like you are overcomplicating it, letting the DMV know you have it. Allow them to believe he still has it. If they insist on laying eyes on the car (which would be mighty weird, but you've already disturbed them), bring it back and let them admire it. Keep your mouth shut about already "owning" it.
This question comes up every few months. I'd love to get a FAQ going about it, but since the laws differ from state to state it would require 50 different lawyers.
There is probably a different process for every state...
SEMA has compiled the title regulations for all 50 states here: http://www.bipac.net/page.asp?content=tag_title_toolbox&g=SEMAGA Alternately you can go to your state's website and dig around, but sometimes it can be hard to find that way.
In reply to stuart in mn:
For SC. Sema's info is wrong. You must have a title. Bill of sale does not work.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: In reply to stuart in mn: For SC. Sema's info is wrong. You must have a title. Bill of sale does not work.
Um, that's actually what it says. Title is required. Bill of sale in addition for out of state purchases, if the out of state title does not include bill of sale language on the back of the out of state title.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote:BoxheadTim wrote: First question I'd try to get a good answer to is why the DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner...Because I have the car already and seller only had a picture of it. Have a bill of sale. GA is not wanting to let him have a replacement title
What year is the car? 1986 and older won't get a title. He should be able to go down to the main title office with his drivers license and pick up a copy for 8$
I'm in GA btw.
Here is some DMV info from GA.
http://www.dmv.org/ga-georgia/replacing-a-lost-title.php
Yeah, if there's no lien on the car, and the title is in the current owners name, unless there is some shady business, he should be able to get a copy of it, no sweat. I sense shenanigans. "I can't get a title" is always accompanied by something shady.
clownkiller wrote:Sine_Qua_Non wrote:What year is the car? 1986 and older won't get a title. He should be able to go down to the main title office with his drivers license and pick up a copy for 8$ I'm in GA btw.BoxheadTim wrote: First question I'd try to get a good answer to is why the DMV won't issue a replacement title for the owner...Because I have the car already and seller only had a picture of it. Have a bill of sale. GA is not wanting to let him have a replacement title
The age of the car is the problem. 1974
Did you go in to the office and ask what would happen if you did try and buy this car? What documentation you need and how you get it? Most states are pretty good about letting you know what you need before a sale, but can kind of be jerks afterword if you do it wrong.
For instance, I'm buying a car from a state that doesn't issue titles to cars older than 1984. I went to the courthouse, and asked them. They checked their books, pulled a special form for me and told me where to have the seller sign it as well as what documents to get from him. I will need to have a VIN inspection done as well before a title will be issued. Every state has a procedure, you just need to ask what it is, and the answer "It can't be done" often isn't the right one, it's just the person you're asking doesn't know the procedure.
In reply to mazdeuce:
That is probably the best thing to do. Years ago I bought a moped that was 30 years old and never registered. I went to DMV and asked what they needed. When I came back with it they registered it. Other than spending some time at DMV it was pretty painless.
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