Now it gets sticky

[cjsmith]

State Farm offered me $1725 for the vehicle...

(this seems low to me, but wait, here comes the fun bit)

... if I can come up with a title. I've never had a title to this car. When I bought it I had a loan. By the time my loan was paid off, my bank had been purchased something like four times, I had moved at least twice, and I guess whatever's supposed to happen just didn't happen.

The DMV will accept a notarized letter on the lienholder's letterhead, which letterhead of course no longer exists. I MAY be able to get whichever bank purchased everybody else to write such a letter with a note saying they're the ones who ate my old bank. Maybe. If I can find the old loan information anyway. The newest of it should be thirteen years old.

(Pssst. This is why I don't like throwing away any financial papers.)

This is going to be an adventure.

Comments

[larksdream]

Hi! jcbigler sent me over. If you have the VIN of the car, I can run a check on it. They will list every title that was ever issued on this car, including what state issued it and what the title # was. Don't know if that would be helpful but hey, it's free! You can post the VIN as a reply here or email it to me at my LJ email, and I can mail you back a PDF of the history.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooooooo, thank you very much! OK, running to get the VIN now...

1NXAE92E3KZ033021

I bet that will help immensely!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, and duh: an e-mail address. My LiveJournal address would be great.