does any one know how to get a title for my 71 chevelle. i bought the car with no title and i have no way of contacting the previous owner. i live in el paso,texas.any help would be greatly appreceated.

I went through that in Minnesota. I needed to fill out a form describing where i got it, all the history that I knew of the car, photos from a few angles. They have a board that meets once a month to make a decision on it. You may need to post a bond for a few years on the car incase of problems with the cars history. It's not the end of the world.
Good Luck.
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In AZ all you do is drag the car down to DMV, they inspect it, you go in they run the last registered owners address on the computer, you send a registered letter to the address, with a form saying they are giving up owner ship of the car. If they arent there anymore the letter comes back unopened, you take the letter back they give you a bond amout, you go to a bonding agent, pay the bond you get a bonded title. jim

how long did it take to go through the hole process

Did you get a bill of sale when you bought it? A lot of states don't require titles on cars that old. I would call the DMV and see what they say you need to do.
James

Did you get a bill of sale when you bought it? A lot of states don't require titles on cars that old. I would call the DMV and see what they say you need to do.
James

Good point. Connecticut doesn't require a title for anything 1980 and older. Just a bill of sale. If it was never registered in CT before,DMV just verifies the VIN#
..other states might be the same.

does any one know how to get a title for my 71 chevelle. i bought the car with no title and i have no way of contacting the previous owner. i live in el paso,texas.any help would be greatly appreceated.


In the Quick Quarter or Penny Saver or whatever it's called in ElPaso, there is a lady advertising she can get titles. She's based in Las Cruses, NM, but I think she can do Texas stuff, or maybe just get you a NM title then you can transfer it to Texas. I've used her once and have a couple of friends that have used her and everything went smooth. She's good at what she does. She'll do a search for the previous owner of record, send him a registered letter, then if no response she can take what ever paperwork to a DMV and "get it done". You will have to cough up a Bond of $100.00 (I think that's what it cost me). But the piece of mind is worth it. Good luck. By the way I'm in Albuquerque and she drove up here to take care of mine and a few others at the same time, so El Paso should be easy.

doing it myself only took about 10 days. the wait is sending the certified letter return request. In my case I sent the letter and it came back upopened. then I took the unopened letter down to dmv, they told me where I can get a bond. went and paid the bond, came back and had a title when I left. jim

i have did over a half dozen for members of this forum already yet suggestions here are for high priced businesses that don't always work, especially in Texas. i register in my name to get a valid "pink slip", then sell back with the pink slip, alabama letter of non-title and a notarized bill of sale all for the paltry sum of $50 and turnaaround time of 48 hours.

If the car originated in New York, there never was a title.
NY didn't start issuing titles until the 1973 model year.

no i never got a bill of sale. it was a private dealer.

broadwaytitle.com is another source if your in a jam with a title.

Good luck man. That's all I can say. I have a titled car that was in my Dad's name and it took an act through the House of Representatives, the Senate, and Congress to get it in my name. It's a done deal now, but man it was a bunch of crappp.:( The best way to get your mind set for this is just consider yourself a convicted felon and go from there.

You'd be better off calling TxDot and asking them. Before I bought my last car I checked and the local Tax Assessor/Collector said that if I knew when it was last registered they could reload the files and do a search for the previous owner. Another option is a bonded title.

It's nice that guys are helpfull but the rules vary from state to state.

(Just my 2 cents)

why do you guys make this so hard? still bantering about the difficult and time consuming ways and expensive.

If the car originated in New York, there never was a title.
NY didn't start issuing titles until the 1973 model year.

NY made it tough when I bought my 71 from there. Iowa requires titles and I had to have a $200 bond on the car for 3 years. Pain in the rear and took a couple of months, plus if I put a bunch of money in the car, which I am in the middle of, the "rightful owner" can come and claim against the bond for whatever they can get.

why do you guys make this so hard? still bantering about the difficult and time consuming ways and expensive.
I had a friend from here with an early 70's Mopar that was bragging about how I was doing it the hard way and that he had someone in Ohio, I believe, title the car, then transfer it to him. All well and good till he got 3/4 of the way through the project and the state took his car and charged him and the other guy with title fraud. :eek: He ended up with a bunch of lawyer fees, got out of the fraud charge and had to buy his car back from the state at auction. Don't think it was worth it to him to try and get around the title laws anymore.:sad:

i'm not getting around title laws. i'm buying the car from the client by bill of sale, only bill of sale is required in alabama. i then sell back. fully legal every where. i've even did one in Australia. Broadway title doesn't buy your car and sell back. they produce a document stating you are the owner of the vehicle. it won't fly in about 1/3 of the US. the ohio thing sounds like one of the urban legends, i know a guy who knew a guy who heard a guy, etc. for them to have a problem they did something incorrectly.

heck, my bosses former bro in law, went to try titling a car he bought without a title. He took it to the local dmv, when they did the inspection and ran the numbers, it came up stolen. The over enthusiastic dmv agent told him that they had to arrest him. He had his 3 year old with him, after a bunch of explaining and quick talking, he ended up not getting arrested, but they did take the car.
On another note. I picked up a pair of rare 87 honda three wheelers. Guy I got it from never transfered the title. The original owner never notorized them. I talked to a friend and he told me he could probably get them notorized and have it backdated. I thought about it for a few minutes, I went and called information, luckily found the number for the original owner, called him and got him to send me a notorized bill of sale. Its just easier to do it right. jim