Title history request denied

Ive tried to ask the girls at the counter, and phone in a request with the same reply as others (privacy act). I did not now there was a form you could fill out and send in. I may have to see if Iowa has something like that.
 
As discussed in numerous previous posts, every state is different in how long that records are kept. The information privacy act is suposed to be uniformly applied in every state since it is a federal law but I think it depends on who you talk to.
 
Well its pretty much a done deal. I wont be getting any more info on the car than I already have. I emailed and asked the lady if I would be able to once it was in my name and had a copy of the title to send them and the answer was still no, thanks to the good ol Privacy Act. This is going to eat me alive wondering where else its been...
 
Has anyone here ever contacted a funeral home known to own their vehicle before and asked them of its history? This seems to be my last option but I feel like I would be being disrespectful
 
Josh Rutter said:
Has anyone here ever contacted a funeral home known to own their vehicle before and asked them of its history? This seems to be my last option but I feel like I would be being disrespectful
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I did just that with my '59 Comet Olds. I have traced its ownership back to a pair of funeral homes (under same ownership) in Central CA from at least 1963 until 1992. I made my initial request for info on the funeral home's website several weeks ago, but received no response. I followed up with a detailed, two-page letter last week, and have yet to receive a reply to that, either. I told them that I am a CA licensed funeral director, and am restoring the car for all the right reasons. I even offered photos of the finished product.

I know there are members on here who have had varying degrees of success in obtaining history on their vehicles from previous funeral home owners. I suspect that if the previous owners are "car people", your chances of obtaining information would be higher. If they saw their rolling stock as a liability rather than a source of pride, you might be out of luck. I would probably contact them by letter or e-mail to give them some time to route the request to the person most knowledgable on the matter, rather than calling them on the phone and putting a disinterested person on the spot.
 
Josh Rutter said:
Has anyone here ever contacted a funeral home known to own their vehicle before and asked them of its history? This seems to be my last option but I feel like I would be being disrespectful
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Most of us have done that many times. Ive even called the last known funeral home when interested in a car at a coach dealer to see if they had any issues and if it was a good car or something to stay away from before I lay down the money. It has got me some great buys, and a few saves form a piece of crap money pit.
 
John Royark JR said:
I dont understand why you need a car appraised any time for transfer let alone for something over 25 years old. Goverment BS I guess, anything to make a buck.
In my county last year they started requiring a bill of sale to get a car transfered. No more buying a car for $5,000 and telling them you only paid $100 for it, (not that I have ever done that) :rolleyes:
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because some people are buying older cars and telling the them they paid $100 when they paid $1,000 so the Ontario Govenment put it in place to make sure the get the right tax. The problem is...... anyone who has a dealer licence can do a appraisal so if you know the dealer well he can put down anyamont he wants BUT if he gets checked by the govenment he could be screwed ! ............its just a money grab

and yes you need to tranfer the car into your name within 15 days in case you get stopped by the Police., but the licence office said you can do it anytime as long as you have a signed bill of sale they told me they don't care but they told me the police do care......they don't like finding cars on your property that is not in your name.
 
An appraisal is just someones opinion as to what they think that it is worth. I have seen lost of cars go to auction with the auction house giving a range that they think the car will sell for, and sometimes the cars sell in that range, but more often than not, they go either very low or very high from what it was expected to sell for. That is why they always have the seller on the platform, to decide if they want to sell if it doesn't meet the expected dollar amount. A car is only worth what a willing buyer and a willing seller are in agreement of. It isn't like an ounce of gold, where you can pick up the paper, and read the offer and bid price for the day.
 
Paul Steinberg said:
An appraisal is just someones opinion as to what they think that it is worth. I have seen lost of cars go to auction with the auction house giving a range that they think the car will sell for, and sometimes the cars sell in that range, but more often than not, they go either very low or very high from what it was expected to sell for. That is why they always have the seller on the platform, to decide if they want to sell if it doesn't meet the expected dollar amount. A car is only worth what a willing buyer and a willing seller are in agreement of. It isn't like an ounce of gold, where you can pick up the paper, and read the offer and bid price for the day.
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Correct. I have been told the basic reason for an apprasial is for insurance reasons, thats why I didnt understand one for transfering a car. I would not be happy if I payed $500 for a car and someone appraises it for $500.000 and I have to pay that for the taxes on it, just not right at all.
 
will were I live the bill of sale has to have a dollar amount on it. if the county treasure thinks it's to low they look it up in the NADA book. the law reads 3% of the selling amount or the actual value. the first time it's sold in SD. from then on out it's 3% of the trade difference or the selling amount. what ever your doing. the car is taxed one time in SD then the money used to do the transaction on post sales is taxed after that. as in the case of the stoner it had been already taxed in SD and I bought it out of state so there were no taxes on it. had it not have been sold in Sd all ready I would have payed the 3% of the dollar amount or the book value of the truck. if it's sold to a out of state buyer there are no taxes collected in SD on that deal.
 
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