I just recently picked up a 96 dx hatch from a junk yard for dirt cheap and all it needed was a passenger side fender and the headlight and a winshield cause the bags were blown....ok so here goes the tricky part the junk yard doesn't have the title nor do they know where it is and it is a salvage title from ny and ny dmv said the only way i can get a title is from the original owner but the only thing i have is the ny license plates that were in the car and they match the registration sticker on the window but i don't have a name or address does anyone know of anything thing else i can try. I bought the car for parts and the junk yard said if i went through the whole "process" that soon or later i could get a title......a friend of mine has done this before so i know it can be done in jersey...but i'm not sure how things work in ny, also if anyone knows anyone at a ny dmv that would be a great help
well, if not thanks for checking this out

 

anybody?

 

u can go to the titling and registration office and request a printout of the previous owner's info. well in TX, u can.

 

alright i'll check that out thanks!

 

anybody in here work at or know someone that works for ny dmv

 

do you need the tittle in NJ to register a car?? im surprise that the junk yard doesnt have the title or insurance company... also there could be a lein on the title by a bank there is alot of possibilities good luck! but I would start with contacting the previouis owner and hopefully the will work with you and not be a pain in the *** about releasing the title too you

 

And you still bought the car?....shoudla waited until everything or most of the title problems were settled first..

But I would just go to the DMV and get all the info and just contact the previous owner or insurance companyt?

 

Get yourself a bill of sale form the junkyard. I don't know about New York but in Ca you will have to get a brake and light inspection to go with it if the car was salvaged. Take your bill of sale with all of hte pertinent info and register it...

 

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some states dont allow you to register a vehicle without a title

 

In nj you can't do anything with a car unless you have the original title....i did what mulletov said and have all the original owners info in ny so now i just have to get ahold of him to send me the rebuild certificate and/or the title and then go from there...thanks!

and i originally bought the car for parts so if i don't get a title it's no biggie i just figured it was a clean *** car and if i could get a title that would be sick!

thanks again! i will update and let you know how i make out