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06-07-2024, 06:49 PM | #1 |
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Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
Wow I haven't been back since I sold my '61 Apache. I'm ready for the next project but have a major holdup. I have a 1955 Cameo project that I bought 15 years ago here in California. I'm now in a wheelchair and can no longer do the work so agreed to sell it to a friend, but have lost the title, bill of sale, everything! I have no info to contact the previous owner, does anyone have any idea what the procedure is to get a replacement title in these circumstances?
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06-07-2024, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
If the title was in your name just apply at the DMV for a replacement title. If you didn't register the title in your name when you bought it you could apply a bonded title.
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06-07-2024, 10:34 PM | #3 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
Vermont loophole??
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06-07-2024, 11:11 PM | #4 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
Honestly, not sure of the process. I bought a '75 Valiant to pillage the V8, including the K-member, for my son's '70 Dart with the blown up /6. The seller had a title, so no problem. In the process of dog-robbing that car all the way down to the light bulbs, I discovered another title in the trunk. There is obviously a process, which seems to care little about previous ownership. When we bought it, the DMV never hiccupped about title transfer. We gave the '75 hulk to a pick and pull, which was my intent all along. Good luck, is all I can say. I'd ask an attorney, tbh. It might be cheaper, in the long run.
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06-07-2024, 11:24 PM | #5 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
I can't speak for California, but I can speak for Texas.. I recently lost the title to a vehicle I've owned for a few years.. I went to the local DMV and explained the situation.. I was given a form to fill out and send to the Waco DMV "center".. Two weeks later I received in the mail, A Certified Copy (it states as such on the title) Title.. Cost me two bux...
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06-08-2024, 12:43 AM | #6 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
This is why the FIRST thing you should ALWAYS do is transfer the title into your name.
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06-08-2024, 07:54 AM | #7 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
If you know you had a title, then what others said, apply for a replacement. Fairly common need. Probably thousands issued when fires destroy towns.
If you never bothered with a title, then provide your friend with a bill of sale and let the friend go through the new title process. Again, a common process, especially for older vehicles. Bottom line, contact DMV and ask. |
06-08-2024, 08:09 AM | #8 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
All states have different regulations in regards to tittles . NY I’ve registered pre 73 cars and trucks with no paperwork. 72 and older in NY have no tittles they have transferable registrations . Without papers for the vehicle you fill out a few forms and they register it with a non transferable registration after a search to make sure it’s not a stolen vehicle they send you the transferable registration. I’ve probably done at least 20 this way over the years .
Best to contact your local DMV and then call another half the time I’ve found that some employees don’t know the rules.
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06-08-2024, 02:50 PM | #9 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
loophole closed in 2022 I think, at least a year ago.
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06-08-2024, 04:04 PM | #10 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
They have people/business's that specialize in DMV issues and do all the leg work. One thing for certain is a trailered vehicle trip to the CHP is in your future... and depending on which DMV-DEI hire reviews the paper work, possibly a trip to your local California Air Resources Board.....Ask me how I know.
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06-08-2024, 04:40 PM | #11 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
In MN a bill of sales are a no go. Same with titles reworked in some states. When I bought my current project a 80 Camaro. I took the PO to the bank. Had a bank check made out in his name. Then went to the DMV and as soon as the DMV transferred the title into my name I handed the PO the check. No messing around.
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06-08-2024, 10:28 PM | #12 |
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06-11-2024, 05:51 PM | #13 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
https://www.saintsengine.com/services/title-service/
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06-12-2024, 02:47 PM | #14 |
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Re: Lost california title for my '55 Cameo
Well damn I wasn’t aware. That was such an easy way to take care of this kind of thing in most states. That really sucks.
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