Hey boys and girls, can you spell BUREAUCRACY? When I lived in PA the
prevailing theory was that everyone was a car thief and it was your
responsibility to constantly prove your innocence. Fact is I never
registered my Spitfire in PA, I just kept renewing my Florida tags and
registration!
I liked someone's suggestion of titling the subject car in a state with
reasonable laws through a friend or relative and then "move" it to the state
of residency.
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: John & Tracy Knox [mailto:jknox@erie.net]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 5:28 PM
To: Laura Gharazeddine; wizardz; Reed Mideke; Bill Miller
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Title question
Here in PA I just looked into this over a motorcycle that I bought several
years ago. What I found is that to retitle a car/motorcycle in PA requires
a court order, then you have to send a certified letter to any "interested
parties" ie. people who might have a claim against the car or might have the
title. If you can't find that person or your letters come back
undeliverable you have to place an ad in the paper on three consecutive
weeks that tell where the hearing will be to convert ownership. At the
hearing the court will give you ownership and then you can apply to the DOT
for a new title. OR just a thought, you could say that you always have
owned the car. Most DOT's only carry the records for so many years before
purging them.
Oh yea and the ads have to run in the part of the state/country where the
car was purchased
John
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