So did the first seller leave the date blank on the signature line so it would appear you just bought it from him? (Otherwise they could see months had passed.)
Greg > In Florida, an âopen titleâ is a title held by the seller in the > previous ownerâs name. In other words, I buy a car from you but I never > sign the title and register the car. Theoretically, itâs illegal, as > most states (like Florida) require you to title and register a car within > 30 days of purchase. They wonât come after you, as they have no idea > youâve done it since thereâs no record of the sale, but when/if you go > to title/register the car if your name would come up as the buyer you > would get dinged. > > The 99 E320 4Matic had an open title. The guy I bought it from had bought > it several months before from the original owner. He never registered it > or insured it (I assume) as he hadnât been driving it. When I titled it > the DMV âsawâ that it was a purchase from the original owner to me. > The flipper I bought it from never played into the transaction. As far as > the state knows I bought it from the first owner and was titling it > immediately following the purchase. > > -D > >> On Apr 4, 2021, at 7:10 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> What's an "open title"? >> >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 12:01 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> interesting color choice >>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2960595680894058 >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
