<VV> Registering an old car from New York in California

[Geoffrey A. Johnson]

Hello,
We have done this on one of the cars in our fleet.  This is in New Mexico 
so it will be different there.  We were given a 61, with nothing else. 
Just told to haul it away from the location it had been at for 20 years. 
None of the owners were alive or reachable.  First we had to have a stolen 
VIN (NCIC database as I recall) check on it done by DMV.  Then we took that 
to Talbot Insurance and they wrote a surety bond for us which we took to 
DMV and got a title for it. They asked for VIN, description, and the rough 
market value of the car, that makes a difference on final cost. Cost was 
$100, never really heard if that is refundable or not, in our case I think 
not.  Really pretty simple here, but there may be other hoops you might 
have to jump through.  If there is any more specific information you need 
let me know.
Hope that helps,
Geoff Johnson




--On Tuesday, September 07, 2004 2:23 PM -0700 pkw@peachgrove.com wrote:

> So here's my question.  Do ANY of you guys have experience with a
> situation  like this?  Right now I have feelers out to insurance companies
> to try to  find a bond.  MY company (State Farm) said, "Sure, we can give
> you a bond  if you have the title."  DOH!  If I had the title I wouldn't
> be asking for  a bond!  Why does this have to be so difficult?
>
> Phil Wilson
> Santa Barbara, CA
> http://www.66Corvair.com