I just want to p*** this along to fellow car nuts who may find this useful. Recently I bought a vehicle at a yard sale..I got a receipt, but no ***le. I`ve done this many times in the past and usually go through a lot of **** to get one. So this time I go the the MVA with only the hand written receipt, knowing that the would say NO. I spoke to the supervisor and was told to do the following: "Go to the Circuit Court and file a Writ of Mandamus". This is a legal process, whereby the Circuit Court as a "higher legal authority", orders or mandates the MVA as the "lower public legal authority" to issue ***le. It cost me a $105.00 filing fee, but its certainly the path of least resistance.
I'd be willing to bet that the MVA/DMV has the authority to deny, and send back to the judge, if the VIN flags as stolen. Just my opine.....Roger
This is basically what my Missouri Motor Vehicle Inspection Station directed me to do. I bought my '29 Model AA back in 1974 and got a notarized bill of sale with the vehicle number on it but not a ***le. I've been working on this all of these 51 years and now I'm probably a few months from going to the circuit court judge to file my writ of mandamus seeking a court order to issue me a ***le. I'll still have to take the vehicle to the MVIS to be checked out for functionality and adherence to what is required. We'll see how it turns out. Stay tuned.
..Are you saying that the State requires the inspection before issuing a ***le or before you can actually register it and license it? I guess my question would be, why did you wait so long to acquire legal ***le (ownership) of the truck? Just curious. Hope all goes well for you at the MVA.
To register a vehicle you generally need a ***le. While you can buy parts with a bill of sale, you need a ***le to register it. Many states require a non-***led vehicle be inspected and verified legal before issuing a ***le. The court order is a way of limiting how many hoops the DMV can make you jump through. As mentioned above as a way of ***ling stolen vehicles, yes and no. You can possibly get a new ***le if the VIN does not come back ***led or if you seek a new VIN for the vehicle. However, if the vehicle is discovered as stolen attempting this process can be used to show intent in a criminal case and does not protect you from being in possession of stolen property.
@nefareous Curious to know. What type of vehicle in what level of completeness, condition, age etcetera. As they say DEETS
The only reason I see having to do something like this is whenever the state never issued a ***le, the car was a bill of sale thing. Mississippi was like that and I can’t remember when they stopped the practice but my dad and I have bought several cars with just that. But if I recall we parted them out so we never had to register one.
This is Idaho law regarding definition and application, to me it does to appear to apply to motor vehicles. @ https://isc.idaho.gov/ircp74-new Jim
He might be in jail for all we know. Eventually all the bad things will come back and bite him in the ***.
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