Checking ownership

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I went through this with two 38 & 39 ford PUs I had
bought.  In our state you can go to the courthouse and
get a new title application.  I got 2 of these then
found the frame serial number on the trucks. Ford it
is on the drivers side frame rail.  Then a state
patrol officer verified the numbers filled in the
sheets I got them notarised.  then they were sent into
the state with a filing fee and 30 days later I
received new titles for each. Each state is differnt. 
I hear NY and Calif. are the easiest to do it.RC



   --- Bob Smith <limoguy1950@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When
buying a used car, you will already need to
> have the title in order to register it, so you know
> who that person is.  As a rule, private party sales
> require the current owner (or seller) to sign off on
> the title and give it to you.  Finding owners
> previous to the last one I think was the issue.
>  
> In addition, if you buy from a car dealership you
> will never see the title because the dealership is
> required by law to process the change of ownership.
>  
> For vehicles purchased without a title (on a "bill
> of sale"), there are companies that can obtain a
> good title for you at a cost but again, you will not
> know who the last (or any previous) owners were.
>  
> As for it being a violation of the "Privacy Act",
> any public record is not subject to any privacy act.
>  
> Regards,
> Bob
> 
> "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> No Sir;
> Finding former owners is pretty standard practice in
> jurisdictions that
> require titles for vehicle registration. If you buy
> a used car you need the
> last registered registered owner to transfer the
> title to you. In the case
> of a car that hasn't seen the road for some time it
> is no uncommon for the
> owner of a car not to have the title transfered to
> him unless he intended to
> drive it straight away. How would you go about doing
> that without a title
> search of prior owners if you are not allowed to
> know who those owners are?
> I think someone is getting car ownership mixed up
> with license plate
> numbers.
> Best Regards
> Arran Foster
> 1954 Imperial Newport
> Needing A Left Side tailight Bezel and other trim
> parts.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:32 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Checking ownership
> 
> 
> > I highly doubt that any state will give anyone
> information about a car's
> former owner for the simple fact that it is a
> violation of the Privacy Act.
> > Doug 1958 Crown coupe
> > >
> > > From: Bob Smith 
> 
> > > Date: 2003/06/19 Thu PM 08:24:09 EDT
> > > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: IML: Checking ownership
> > >
> > > If you know what state it was last in, some
> states might furnish this
> information (for a fee). In some cases, they charge
> for each owner
> information. However, in California, no one can get
> information on former
> owners due to a law that was enacted about a decade
> ago. If you don't know
> what state it was last registered in, you are pretty
> much out of luck.
> > >
> > > JOHN FACER wrote:
> > > Hi,can anyone tell me how to trace the the
> previous American owners of
> my 1981 Imperial.?
> > > Any help would be welcom.
> > > Johnny 'Jack Daniels' Facer
> > >
> 
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