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Originally Posted by NfiniteMile
So We Got Our Bus From A Private Seller Who Didnt Sign The Title Over From The Person He Got It From. The Seller He Got It From Signed The Title At The Bottom Where It Says “Signature Of Seller”. We Also Have A Bill Of Sale From The Guy We Got It From.
What Should We Do?
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Law's different in every state. California, (I believe) in YOUR example would charge you both the previous owners unpaid sales tax and your sales tax... (I don't know what MO does, you could ask --call from a pay phone...)
You say "unfair", the STATE says "so what?" AND pay this amt IF you want a title...
You have proof of ownership...
Make out a bill of sale from the name on the title... (You're just printing up a document -- I'm not telling you to sign someone else's name...) to you with the buses vin on it and your purchase price. The State is then getting as much sales tax as it needs...
Be glad you're not in OH. My situation, the bus I was given could't be titled in OH. I could cry, piss & moan about OH having unreasonable regulations but the fact is Ohio simply doesn't care about old iron without cookie cutter clear paperwork...
If not for Vermont allowing out-of-state registration my bus would be scrap metal -- illegal scrap metal at that -- still need a title to legally junk a vehicle...