I recieved a 1967 barracuda from my uncle a couple of weeks ago. When i got it i asked for the title but he said he didnt have it. He told me the owner before he bought it lost the title. I am in the process of restoring it but i dont want to put much more time into it untill i have a title. What can i do???
2006-10-19 12:00:07 · 6 answers · asked by Turbo_motors 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
The answer is simple. Who ever has their name on the title is the owner of the vehicle. Your uncle didn't own it, and didn't have the right to give it to you. If you restore it, and the owner shows up with proof of ownership, he can take the vehicle.
In some states there is a mechanism to get title to an abandoned vehicle. Contact your nearest wrecker service, they should be up on the rules, or the department of motor vehicles for your state.
2006-10-19 14:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did he own it and register it? In some states, once a car is "old enough" you do NOT need a title to transfer it. You just need a "bill of sale". You need to check with your state, to see if it can be transferred with just the bill of sale. If not, if your state requires a title, then you will either need to track down the old owner, or pass it along to some other poor victim - because that means your uncle didn't have the right to give it to you in the first place.
2006-10-19 20:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have options.
First, you have to understand the concept of "license". A license is getting permission from a competent authority to engage in an otherwise illegal activity.
Is owning a car illegal? No. So you don't have to have a license to own a car.
Is traveling illegal? No. So you don't have to have a license to travel.
When you "register" your car and get a "driver's license", you are basically giving the government permission to seize your car at their discretion. You're putting yourself "under" their venue and jurisdiction. You become the subservient, they become your lord.
1st option. Send back your driver's license to the DMV and drive your 'cuda "naked" (without any government issued documentation at all). They then have no authority to detain you or confiscate your property.
2nd option. Complete an "affidvit of fact" form at your local DMV asserting that you are the rightful owner of the car. They will convert your car into a "vehicle" and it becomes subject to the entire "vehicle code" which is not "law", it is "code". It only applies to people who agree by signing their contracts to be submitted to them.
If you choose item #2 you lose all constitutional rights and become subject to Article 4 courts. If you're a good little boy maybe they won't bother you.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
-Samuel Adams
Free or slave. It's your choice.
2006-10-19 19:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my. you are in a real pickle. First your uncle will have to apply for a lost title. Then if the title was never leaglely changed to your uncle, by law the guy your uncle got the car from still by law owens it.
If the title was changes into your uncles nams, he will have to get it from the DMV and then shinge it over to you and you ewill have to get it changed into your name.
I would call the DMV and request a lost title.
2006-10-19 19:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by goldwing127959 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go through the departmnet of motor vehicles and get a junk title meaning you built it up from junk. only thing sme people frown when you tell them you got a junk title. that is the only way i know that you can get a title without a bunch of hassle.
2006-10-19 19:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact dmv
2006-10-19 19:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by leo29sexy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋