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Terry,OH · 08-22-2022, 08:01 AM

It is possible the other car has a transposed number in it's title. Clerks can make mistakes. The only way to solve is to have the other vehicle inspected.

Yoyodyne · 08-23-2022, 02:55 PM

I can add to be careful about cars from PA that have not been titled recently and don't have a title included. Lots of documents were lost at PADOT during the Hurricane Agnes flood in 1972. If you apply for a duplicate title for a car that was last titled prior to that event, you are likely to get a response of "no information found". If you have a title in hand, they will honor that title but make sure it does not get lost before you get the new one. I have a couple vehicles purchased before that, PADOT thinks they don't exist when I inquire about licensing, so I'm being real careful about the titles. If you buy a PA car w/o a paper title you may have to get one some other way.

08-22-2022, 08:01 AM	#1
Terry,OH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,187	Re: Title Woe’s It is possible the other car has a transposed number in it's title. Clerks can make mistakes. The only way to solve is to have the other vehicle inspected.

08-23-2022, 02:55 PM	#2
Yoyodyne Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Lancaster PA Posts: 542	Re: Title Woe’s I can add to be careful about cars from PA that have not been titled recently and don't have a title included. Lots of documents were lost at PADOT during the Hurricane Agnes flood in 1972. If you apply for a duplicate title for a car that was last titled prior to that event, you are likely to get a response of "no information found". If you have a title in hand, they will honor that title but make sure it does not get lost before you get the new one. I have a couple vehicles purchased before that, PADOT thinks they don't exist when I inquire about licensing, so I'm being real careful about the titles. If you buy a PA car w/o a paper title you may have to get one some other way.