Buying a car without a title !

[MosportGreen66]

In NY we only have registrations for historical cars, not titles. The registrations can be transferable (to new owner) or non transferable depending on if money is owed on the loan or not.

I maybe in the minority here but having bought a ‘62 Corvette without any ownership paperwork, it’s changed my perception of this process. As long as you have a supplemental document like a bill of sale or sales agreement with the title terms agreed to and signed off on, I don’t see a problem. I did this with my old Vette and not only did DMV accept all docs, I even asked the seller for a second round of signatures on official forms which he was totally cool with too.

In short, document all steps of the process with signatures and photos. I doubt you’ll have an issue unless your seller is not trustworthy.

Dan