[ausev] question about title on candidate vehicle

[Dan_Lee Vogler]

Or pay two ( 2) registrations and fairly get the guy selling it to you to
come clean on the  cost of one of them as that's not your fault nor should
it be your risk !   dad- 

At 04:08 PM 3/10/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Lisa Korf wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm looking to buy an older Honda this weekend, but
>> the guy who is selling it says he bought it recently
>> and though he signed the title, he never bothered
>> transfering it to his name (and doesn't want to, to
>> avoid taxes).  Can someone who knows fill me in on how
>> much of a hassle this would end up being if I were to
>> buy it from him, what I would need to do, etc?
>>   
>Its a pain.  I have had this happen every time I've tried to buy a 
>vehicle, and every time someone has purchased a vehicle from me.  It 
>seems like title fraud is a real favorite in Texas.
>
>Basically, if you buy a title that has been signed over to someone else 
>it won't be accepted by the tax assessor.  Instead you'll have to 
>contact the original owner, get them to request a duplicate title and 
>sign that title over to you.  Then you can transfer the title to yourself.
>
>If you are lucky, the title was signed by the original owner, but the 
>"new" owner section was not filled in.  (This is not legal, but its 
>pretty common).  Then you can just fill in the new owner section with 
>your information and transfer the title.  You'll pay some penalties 
>since the original owner probably dated his/her signature, and the time 
>the car was in the second owner's hands was probably much longer than 
>the 10 days you are permitted.
>
>My recommendation is don't buy in these cases.  There are plenty of cars 
>available from more reliable sources.
>
>Mark
>
>
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Lisa
>>
>>
>>  
>> 
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