itsaliciab
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- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
My 16 year old son bought a truck (against our wishes). I took him to get truck licensed, when we found an issue.....and it's quite the mess. So I apologize if this is long winded. First let me say that my son purchased a truck from a person who's name was not on the Iowa title.(We're in Missouri) The owner had signed the back of the title, but the rest was blank because the current owner never filled it out or registered the truck. So we thought our son could just sign it and then register it as if he had bought it from the previous owner. Here's where it gets complicated. The first person listed on the Iowa title, previous owner, (who's from Missouri) didn't sell the truck to the person listed as the title owner (who's from Iowa). He sold it in Missouri first to a man, and filled out the lower section of the title about the sale, and mailed it in. This man is who actually sold the truck to the person in Iowa. But he's in the Missouri DMV as having purchased the truck, and never paying registration or taxes on it before he then sold it 3 days later. (Only proven by date on current title.) So he sells it to the person in Iowa and because he's from Missouri that information doesn't show in their computer, and she is able to title and license the truck. She then sells it shortly after to another person in Missouri again. This is the person my son bought the truck from. So the DMV is telling us that we can't do anything until the guy, who sold to the woman in Iowa, comes in and pays the delinquent fees, registration, and taxes. I even asked if we could just pay those fees and they said no. So I don't know what my son can do now.