Getting a title

I'm buying a 62 tbird off my boss. It was abandoned over a year ago. How much of a pain in the ass is it to get a title?

 

got to the Dmv. In AZ you file for an abandoned title, they inspect it and thats it.

 

Your boss should be able to do a mechanics lien on the car, in order to clear the paperwork, depending on the laws in Texas. I would check with the DMV there to see where to go next.

---John

 

Unless its stolen.

Abandoned a lot of the time means stolen. Before you do anything about titling it run the numbers.

 

ya i would definetly run the numbers past the DMV, if its not stolen im pretty sure you apply for the title and if i remeber correctly theres a waiting period before you acutally get the title.

as far as the mechanics lein, i dont know that could work. just do some google work, im sure its covered somewhere eles on the internet

 

Recently released by SEMA:

Everything You Need to Register and Title Your Hobby Car in All 50 States

http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62843
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In Texas there are different ways to skin that cat but most of the DMVs are too ignorant or lazy to know much about it and will give you a lot of run around. When I lived in East Texas we would do different things in different towns. For instance it was much easier for me to get a driver a CDL in Canton than it was in Tyler. But Tyler was much easier to get a builder titled.

 

well; don't hand over any money until you know it's clear.


what's the other one again... oh. "you can't get one, ever. i'll drop by with a rollback and take that junker off your hands for free."

best luck with your bird.

 

Thanks for that link to SEMA Joe Padavano. I am trying to get a title for a 37 ford pickup i built from a lot of different parts. From what I found on there it should be a lot easier!

 

I just checked the sema site for S.D. and the information provided doesn't cover a scratch built rod using a found body, only cars which already have a title. They have a procedure called an affidavit, explained to me by the local DMV.

 

If you click on Indiana you get Illinois information. Not sure I can trust that. LOL

 

Illinois - Indiana - Idaho... what's the diff?

Seriously, it's not hard to mix up the links in HTML. You might want to shoot them an email to fix the mistake.