Q: Notery lost title for motorcycle. Anything I can do?
Last year I traded a car for a motorcycle. I had full plans on just selling it so the guy that owned it before signed the title over, at the notery, but I did not put it in my name because I was just going to sell it and didn't want to waste the money. Well I didn't sell it last year. This year I had a buyer and went back to the notery to put the title in his name and found out that the notery lost it. Is there anything I can do to get a title?
A: Possibly take a small claims court case, for whether the costs are to verify your ownership, and get a replacement title. This is a big pain in the ass, but you set yourself up for it, by circumventing the law that the document needed to be completely filled out. Plus, you should have taken possession. In many states, what you did is a criminal act. Not sure about PA.
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