How to buy car without a title in California (CA)?

Question:
Have a car available from a friend for purchase, but the current owner does not have a title and is not able to get me a duplicate title (is busy and does not want to spend time at DMV).
The car was originally registered in Vermont and now in California. It was never registered in California and has expired plates for almost 5 years from Vermont.

Answers:

Will insurance cover this??!?

Of course he doesn't have 'time' to do all that, since it's been expired and never checked or transferred to California with all that entails. Who ever attempts to register the vehicle now will pay all the penalties over the past 5 years. After that, and before it can ever be registered in California it will have to pass smog and get a certificate.

Does anybody know where the road test is taken in North Carolina and is it hard?

And how do you know it even has a clear title? Perhaps some finance company is looking for it, and the minute it shows up as a running and registered vehicle, the repo truck will roll.

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With a good and clear title I'd hesitate on this one, without a title, RUN AWAY. Fast!

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Burnt out light on drivers test?

It means the title is still with Vermont DMV. You should not buy the car without the actual paper title in your hand. Why don't you contact the DMV in Vermont and ask what the procedure is for getting a title. Usually you write a letter and pay for it. They will send him the title in mail. If he doesn't have time, you can write the letter for him. Once he sign the title over to you, you can take it CA DMV and register.

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Florida car rentals, are they covered by third party insurance (Damage/Injury to other vehicals involved)?

NEVER pay a penny until you have a clean [no leans] title in your grubby little hand..or go through hell and maybe lose your money.

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My car was hit and totaled. I have no insurance. But I have a witness. Can I do anything?

Either call Vermont and arrange for a title yourself, or don't buy the car. Older cars can be sold on a bill of sale in some states; you would then take the bill of sale to the DMV to register it and get a title. However, as was said above, be very sure that there is no lien against the car. You could be wasting your money.

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