No Transfer Papers, What Are My Options

[Madaz]

go easy on the fella he's just a humble commodoore driver

sounds like a terrible pickle if the previous owner doesnt play fair but will all work out if he is good

[Inline 6]

i let myself get into a similar bad position when I purchased my daily driver. owner signed the paper in a diff name. said it was his friends car and he just never bothered to transfer the ownership of the car. i paid him in cash and when i was asking for a receipt he kept making retarded excuses like he doesn’t have any paper around to write on.

i left thinking i shoulda just taken my cash and gone. registered it in my name at the rego dep the next day and nothings been said for the last 2 times ive registered it so im under the impression it was all legit. after seeing his crappy signature on rego paper and other bits he wrote im under the impression he didn’t have a pen license and was embarrassed to write stuff.

next time i think ill just take my money and find a different car. on the plus side it was a cheap car

Edited January 7, 2010 by Inline 6

[Krishy]

wow after reading this good luck to ya mate.....simple rule...no reciept no cash changes hands

[HSV004]

just off the phone to transport sa (registration and license section )

explain i bought a car from interstate, have lost all papers and have no way of recovering them

he explained this will be no problem.

he basically said that the car will need to do the basic regency ID inspection.

and then i go around the corner to the registration place and fill out a form ( MR1 i think it is )

and pay the required fees and then car is in my name and sa rego.

cheers for the advice guys.

in the end everything is going to work out.

[Damo_R34]

good stuff. How easy is it to steal and car then register it in your name

[HSV004]

thats what i was thinking as he said it.

but if the owner was smart they would have reported it stolen, and it would come up as stolen on the database wouldnt it?

[Krishy]

good to hear that it is all working out for you mate

[Iron Chef]

thats what i was thinking as he said it.

but if the owner was smart they would have reported it stolen, and it would come up as stolen on the database wouldnt it?

No offence, but given that you have no proof that you actually purchased the car, what's to stop the previous owner of your car doing the same thing to you?

[Matty 31]

No offence, but given that you have no proof that you actually purchased the car, what's to stop the previous owner of your car doing the same thing to you?

thats it

i got "given" a car for my track project, got it as unrego'd and un-defected. didnt get any paperwork as he "couldnt find it". when i discovered it was defected (later discovered as a plate swap to his new car) i got given heat because i had no proof that the car was mine. Later it was agreed to that being a "verbal agreement" (ie he gave me the car for free if i picked it up") that the car was mine.

this however is different as you've paid for it. Sounds very dodgy, id be making sure you dont get burnt (especially if you go to the effort of id check / regoing it here)