DMV rant

[89mjpioneer]

So I purchased a 88 mj with a working plow for $500 a few months ago. It needed some brake lines and muffler. The only rust is above the rear flares. Rockers and floors are solid. When I bought it the guy didnt have a title but he said he will get one for me. He emails me saying dmv says there is a lien from chrysler on the vehicle. He writes to the address that dmv gives him and it gets returned saying wrong address. So I decide to email chrysler saying I purchased this jeep and if there was still any file on it showing it was paid off or if money was still owed. They write me back saying no such vehicle is on record with them and they won't tell dmv that its paid off because theres no record. So I have a MJ thats pretty clean and I can't sell it, register it, or even scrap it. I have no idea what to do with the truck. I really don't want to cut this thing up into tiny pieces. Any advice on what to do. I'm dealing with CT dmv.

[Akula69]

Now I would never suggest anything illegal.....

 

If I was faced with a situation like that I would check out the surrounding state's policy on salvage titles. If I needed to, I would establish a residence there (P.O. Box) and then apply for one saying that the origional title was lost and no record could be found.

 

Mississippi does this really well :D

[Eagle]

So I purchased a 88 mj with a working plow for $500 a few months ago. It needed some brake lines and muffler. The only rust is above the rear flares. Rockers and floors are solid. When I bought it the guy didnt have a title but he said he will get one for me. He emails me saying dmv says there is a lien from chrysler on the vehicle. He writes to the address that dmv gives him and it gets returned saying wrong address. So I decide to email chrysler saying I purchased this jeep and if there was still any file on it showing it was paid off or if money was still owed. They write me back saying no such vehicle is on record with them and they won't tell dmv that its paid off because theres no record. So I have a MJ thats pretty clean and I can't sell it, register it, or even scrap it. I have no idea what to do with the truck. I really don't want to cut this thing up into tiny pieces. Any advice on what to do. I'm dealing with CT dmv.

Which DMV office do you go to? If you're in Cheshire, you're midway between Waterbury and Hamden. Stay away from Hamden. Go to the Waterbury office and ask them yourself if there's a lien. The last MJ made was in 1992. I find it incredible (in the literal sense of the word) that Chrysler corporation would still have a lien on a vehicle that's at LEAST 17 years old.

 

In other words -- I don't believe the story.

 

Let me know what they say in Waterbury.

[maddzz1]

I see your only in Connecticuit, do you know anyone who lives in Rhode Island? Use their addy and register it in RI. No need for a title after 10 years.

[89mjpioneer]

Hamden dmv is one of the worst in the state. I'm going to go to another dmv and ask. I know there wouldnt be a lien from chrysler on a 20 year old vehicle.

 

I do know people in Rhode Island but I don't want to try that yet.

[jpnjim]

I had checked out a vehicle once that the guy defaulted on one of the last payments.

 

He said "bla bla bla, they told me to keep it, but refused to send the title".

 

I always assumed he 'stole' it from the bank/lender with just a few payments left, and they didn't bother to go through the trouble of repo'ing it for a couple hundred bucks.

 

Maybe you could find the name of the lender, and see what they feel the status of the vehicle is.

 

No matter what, I'd find some way to save it.

No way I'd strip/scrap a straight MJ with decent floors in New England.