How do you get a title for a bike with only two bill of sales, none from the original owner ?
April 16, 2010 by
Filed under Motorcycle Auctions
I bought a Motorcycle from a guy who bought it from a storage auction and never got it registered. The storage place sold it like 3 years ago I talked to them and they cannot find all the paperwork for the DMV. I have done a VIN check and its not stolen. What do I do to get this bike on the road?
It is a 1999 kawasaki 1500 Drifter it was bought at a storage auction it was sold without a title. I talked to the owner of the storage place and he cannot find the affidavid anouncing the auction. So the DMV will not title it.
You can’t legally get it on the road without a title. All you did was to foolishly give someone some money for a bike that you can never legally own, register, title, insure or drive. I see this same tale of woe here on yahoo answers every day and every day I tell people they should never fork over a cent until they have a valid, merchantable title in their hands. A bill of sale without an accompanying title is not worth the paper it is written on. You need to get a title from the person that took your money or return the bike, get your money back and let him find another sucker.
More details, please- What year is the motorcycle? Did the tow company auction it off as a “salvaged” vehicle? (if so they probably canceled the title and the DMV declared it “derelict – parts only”) You will never get a title then-
BUT, The storage firm probably never HAD the title, yet a court order that your “friend” should have gotten when he purchased it. If he and the storage lot lost this order, a copy can be obtained through the magistrate court they filed the abandoned vehicle lien with.
Legally they MUST sell the vehicle with a court order (unless you are a licensed junk dealer) Go back and ask the tow company how they obtained ownership of the m/c… After all, you said none of the bills of sale are from the registered owner, so they must have a court order to sell it.
EDIT: who did he file the affidavit with? The local newspaper etc? They will have record of that information. What state do you live in? i still say the storage yard is required to have a court order to sell the bike. The courts keep these documents on file forever..