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03-15-2018, 06:05 PM | #1 |
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registering a car in Washington state without a title?
I have an opportunity to sell a more-or-less complete Ford body on frame to someone in Washington state. I can prepare a bill of sale. We don't have titles in Alberta. The car is not registered, here, as it is not a running, driving car. Realistically, at this point, it might as well be compared to buying a couple of doors, or a trunk lid, from a swap meet and trailering these components home. What i would be selling, however, would potentially look like a car to someone from a border crossing or DMV. The question is this: with just a serial number on a frame, a bill of sale, and a receipt for the purchase, how hard will it be for a buyer to register this vehicle in a few years when it is a running, driving vehicle ready to tear up the roads? Thank you for your expertise and sharing your own personal experience with a similar transaction?
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03-15-2018, 06:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
I don't know but I'd let the buyer worry about that. Each state has it's own idiosyncrecys (sp?).
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03-15-2018, 06:34 PM | #3 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
It's different from state to state, but the new owner could apply for a lost title or resurrect it as a "reconstructed vehicle" and get a title that says it reconstructed. He may be required to bond the title for 3 or 5 years. Another option is for the new owner to do a lien sale. The new potential owner should know the laws of his state and proceed accordingly.
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03-15-2018, 06:42 PM | #4 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
Washington wants a registration certificate and a bill of sale since it is coming from a non title domain
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03-15-2018, 08:45 PM | #5 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
every state is different, so you need an answer from a washington resident. title, is they're problem. now crossing the boarder, my 34 coupe body came into north dakota, being carried by a us resident, and the us asked for no papers, and charged no fee. this was just a body as i had brought the frame and other parts home earlier, with no problems on that either. but, crossing the boarder has no facts. its up to the guy on duty that day and tomorrow may be different
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03-15-2018, 10:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
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03-16-2018, 06:48 AM | #7 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
Thank you. Very helpful information.
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03-16-2018, 07:16 AM | #8 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
GB is absolutely correct. I have purchased a '28 and a '35 this way. One was from British Columbia. The owner in Alberta needs to go to the RCMP and get a form showing proof of serial number and owner. That should get the vehicle into the U.S.
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03-16-2018, 01:32 PM | #9 |
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Re: registering a car in Washington state without a title?
When I went through this process (frame had a Canadian Vin C18Hxxxx) several years ago, I was issued a WA REGISTRATION for 3 years, not a provisional title, and after the 3 years I indeed got a full Washington state title. This was for a 34 Sedan Delivery which I eventually sold and it coincidentally went back to Canada. It may be different now but it wasn't that hard to do.
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