File for Lost Title

[BlackSnake]

Can you purchase a vehicle with a bill of sale and still file for lost title? Or is the only person that can file for it is the one who's name is on it?

[War Machine]

the original owner has to file for the lost title

if you have a bill of sale then your can do a bonded title

[crapstang]

the original owner has to file for the lost title

if you have a bill of sale then your can do a bonded title

not completely true. If the owner signs a bill of sale and you bring that in, you can file for a bonded title. I did that with my 70' grande

[crapstang]

the original owner has to file for the lost title

if you have a bill of sale then your can do a bonded title

I see what you did there!!! Ninja editor

[03mustangdude]

Whats the process of getting a bond title to a vehicle and whats the cost?

[kingjason]

Whats the process of getting a bond title to a vehicle and whats the cost?

Last one I did no bill of sale was required.


Scribing of the vin, two appraisals, and then go to a main tax office and they will have you fill out a packet and give you more paperwork. When you leave you go to an insurance place and pay for a bond for the certified value of the vehicle( 10 percent IIRC). Take that bond paperwork and your packet to the local DMV or back where you got it and they will transfer your title and send you the bonded. As long as no claims are made on the vehicle in three years you can pay five bucks and get a regular title after three.

[racrguy]

I see what you did there!!! Ninja editor

You dolt, it's in your first quote!

[Dlachance]

I had to do a bonded title on a 93 Mark because the previous owner died and could not sign. It took a day of driving around to get the process done; pain in the ass.

[SEB]

Yeah I bought a car the other day with no title. I gouged him $500 just for the trouble of it. When really just wanted the car for parts

[Baba Ganoush]

Last one I did no bill of sale was required.


Scribing of the vin, two appraisals, and then go to a main tax office and they will have you fill out a packet and give you more paperwork. When you leave you go to an insurance place and pay for a bond for the certified value of the vehicle( 10 percent IIRC). Take that bond paperwork and your packet to the local DMV or back where you got it and they will transfer your title and send you the bonded. As long as no claims are made on the vehicle in three years you can pay five bucks and get a regular title after three.

This is good info. I just went through this process for I car I bought in CA and lost the title before I transferred it. This is exactly what I did, and it was a pain in the ass.