QuestionQUESTION: Can we sell our 1989 Ford F-150 without a title?
ANSWER: Not legally. I would like to add some more explanation, but it is pretty much as simple as that.
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QUESTION: Thank you for your advice. We know who has the title to our truck. We went to court a few yrs ago and it was dismissed. However, he still will not give it to us. What else can we do?
Thank you again for your help.
ANSWER: I dont really know what else you can do. If the court dismissed this without giving you legal rights to the vehicle, with the title, or Power of Attorney, there is not much more you can do.
You might see if it is possible for you to do a title 42, but it is a long, nightmare process, and there is a pretty good chance, you will not be able to do it, but that is about the only other option I could even fathom. So when this transaction was done, was there not a bill of sale signed, a title, a power of attorney, or anything that legally stated this vehicle was yours? I am trying to understand how this transaction went down, without you getting something showing this was your vehicle.
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QUESTION: There is a title with my fiance's name on it. His sister signed the title before she passed away and gave it back to him. He forgot it at her house when he left. The truck is registered in his name. His brother-in-law could not prove that Wally, my fiance, owed him any money so that is why the judge dismissed the case in Wally's favor. When we checked with the DMV, there was still a lien on his title. The only person that could verify that the title was given back to Wally, was his sister, and she is deceased. The title has always belonged to Wally. He had borrowed money from his sister and repaid her back and in return she gave him his title to his truck back. Sorry for any confusion. Thanks again for responding.
AnswerOkay...so the persons, whose name is printed on the front of the title is wally, wally is your fiance, alive and doing well. If this is all as I understand it, then Wally can go file for a lost title, and avoid the other title in question. Now, if she put a lien on the title, and somehow the lien release is lost in transition, then I do not know how to advise you.
Basically, in summary, I think this might help. Whoevers name is on the front of the title, and to whom the vehicle is registered to, which I understand to be wally, can go to a tag agent and file for a lost title, and the title in question will be obsolete.
Now if there is a lien on the title, that is a whole other problem, but I would think that should be able to get settled if everybody legally involved agrees there should not be a lien on it, the legal person, representing the lien holder, should go to a tag agent and remove the lien.
I hope this helps, if not, let me know where I got this wrong, and I will try and help you some more.
