NAC: Selling to junkyard?

[Huw Powell]

> >I'm in PA. I just called DMV and she said there is no way to sell the car
> >unless he signs the title and is notarized. Basically nobody can sign the
> >title except him.
>
> That may be legally true, but as a practical matter,
> that may not be necessarily so.
>
> In NH, I sold my car to my fiancee, so she could give it
> to her kid.  I just signed the title over to her.  Since
> she was working, the kid and I took it to the (Concord)
> city hall clerk to get the paperwork started for a new title.
> No questions about the signature. Again, maybe PA
> requires title signatures to be notarized.
>...
> So, these things vary by state.

Living in NH I allowed for the fact that most other states are a little
more restrictive about these things.  Only recently did NH even start
doing titles on vehicles over 10 years old... it's been extended to 15.
And, at the same time, they have started requiring some sort of proof
that a vehicle actually exists to register it.

Used to be, all you needed was a scrawled note listing year, make,
model, and a VIN that was plausible, to get a set of plates.

If the signing over of the title ref'd above is what is required to be
notarized, it's gonna be tough to do from a distance.

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Huw Powell

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