you would not believe the condition of this 68 f100 i just got... has less rust overall than my 2000 pontiac. the problem.... has a lien against title and the 62 year old man that sold it to me has been driving it for 12 years with the lien against it and has faltered on it. tried contacting company that held the lien on it and no longer in business. any junk trucks out there with their title still attached... i would love to talk to you. let me know.

 

Have your mechanic run a lien sale on the truck. If the company that had the lien attached to the truck doesn't answer a mechanic's lien then the title becomes lien free. (Except for your mechanic's lien).

 

So let me get this straight... I got the "copy" of the "lien title" from the seller, and if I go to my mechanic and ask him to run a sale and does not get answered then my mechanic in turn is the new owner of the truck and I then have to take ownership from my mechanic? Thank you so much.... I didnt want to get stuck with such a nice truck with no title. Let me know if I got it right.

 

When my dad had his shop and a customer did not come to retrieve thier car after repairs, my dad, after 30 days ran a lien sale on the car for a fee and anyone with a lien attached to that vehicle was notified. If nobody contested the lien, the vehicle became my dads.

 

You need to find out what the laws in Ohio are before you go too far. You may have bought a pig in a poke. A lein on the title means that someone else has first dibs on it. Pay the lein off and you get a clean title.

John

 

Yes, but if the company/person that has the lien no longer exists, it's going to be pretty hard for them to be contacted.

 

Here in Gerogia you do not need a title on an old car or truck. When I bought my truck the seller had lost the title. I went down to the DMV to see about getting a new title, but they advised me that I do not need a title on an old (1967) truck to get it registered. All I needed was a good Bill of Sale. Have had no problems for five years. That's not to say that some lien holder won't show up, so that is a risk that I take. I did go by the local Sheriff's office and have them run the VIN to see if it was stolen or something. They showed no record of it anywhere in the country. I did do an Affidavit of Ownership and a certificate of origin with a Notary just so I would have some legal paperwork.

Also, a friend of mine has a 56 chevy truck that his great grandfather bought new. It was bought for farm use, so it was never titled with the state. Never had insurance either. My friend inherited the truck decided to restore it and put it on the road. He was told the same thing at the DMV. All he had to do was produce a Bill of Sale to get it registered. No title was issued.

Check with the DMV in your area, they might be able to help.

 

i've got a title and door tag for 1969 long bed ranger with 302 .

 

i honestly thought it was as simple as finding (as if this would be easy) a title close to what i have and switch the vin plate and i would be okay. but i will be calling the dmv tomorrow to check on it. if anyone is from ohio and would know of the written law please let me know because i have a strange feeling i am going to have some trouble finding out. most of our city "employees" aren't playing with a full deck.

 

I'm not familiar with Ohio laws pertaining to lien sales but I do know that swapping VIN plates and titles on vehicles will land you in the pokey for a spell.

 

yea... you're right. if i can't find a way around this then i don't know what i'm going to do.

 

A guy at work had an identical situation only on a boat. The title was liened but the company was gone,he had found out after alot of digging through a bunch of papers that the PO had left that the lean holder had filed BK and dissolved. The DMV told him to send 3 certified letters requesting to satisfy the lien to the last known address of the lienholder then wait 30 days for a response then bring it all back including the returned/undeliverable letters, he also had to do a lien search to see if it had been transfered or sold (the lien)when all avenues were exhausted the DMV issued a clear title. If you can show a paper trail and that the lien was not transfered or sold you should be ok.

 

Click this.

http://www.ohiobmv.com/

Then look on the left sode of the page in the blue area and click TITLE Information.

Title FAQ's

http://bmv.ohio.gov/title/title_faq.htm

 

if you can't get the lien off i'll take the truck.lol
i need a cab.
i'm betting you can follow 7d's post.
gl
mark

 

As long as he resides in Ohio, he will have to do it Ohio's way.

John