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Originally Posted by lazer96gt
Go to your local tax assesor/collector and see if they can pull up the info by the vin # or plate #. They should be able to give you this info and let you know if the title holder has report the car as being SOLD. The only way you will be able to get a title is to find out that individuals last known address and send a certified letter stating that you have purchased the car and need his help getting the title. If there is no response then you get that letter back (sealed) with a bill of sale and take it to the court house. There you will have to ask for a hearing to be held and you tell the judge you situation. If the title holder does not try to reclaim the car within this time and the car has not been reported as stolen of course, the the judge will award you the title. When you go to the tax office and ask them about this problem, you will have to get someone that knows about this particular procedure or else you will get some 9-5er that doesn't even know that this process is possible.They will give you all of the necessary forms for you to go to the court with. It's also not good if you bought the car from someone else who never transfered the title from the current title holder because that means that they never paid taxes on the vehicle and the judge will not like that it has changed hands with taxes being paid. Hope this leads you in the right direction.
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I don't think that they actually hold the hearings anymore, this is what both New Braunfels and Boerne told me, instead they now do bonded titles to reduce the number of hearings...I just went through this process two years ago w/ my 70