Advice needed

sho_greg · 07-09-2019, 03:59 PM

Have a bike picked out but owner doesn't have paper title in possession... I believe he owns the bike, showed me the electronic title. What do you recommend?

Thanks!

MrMikey · 07-09-2019, 04:03 PM

Walk away 'till you see the paper, IMHO, if he wants to sell it, it'll turn up soon enough. Once the moneys changed hands, you have no leverage............Mike

**MAS Tequila** · 07-09-2019, 07:26 PM

We have electronic titles here also.

I pay the upcharge for paper.

oldbeezer · 07-09-2019, 07:28 PM

I live in SC and never heard of an electronic title.

**ringadingh** · 07-09-2019, 08:11 PM

Ive never heard of an electronic title either, but I'm sure there is a DMV office that you can call and verify the title.

sho_greg · 07-09-2019, 09:41 PM

Hes got an electronic title.. he has shown me some paperwork that appears to be a title.. I believe that he owns the bike...

Chuck A. · 07-09-2019, 09:47 PM

Tag registration with his name on it?

ponch · 07-09-2019, 10:26 PM

Verify it with DMV

**MAS Tequila** · 07-10-2019, 05:24 AM

http://www.scdmvonline.com/Business-...Lien-and-Title

In SC dealerships are required to file anything with a lien electronically.

**smokier** · 07-13-2019, 08:11 AM

Greetings Sho_Greg,
What Ringadingh and Ponch said. Check with DMV. There will be a TITLE NUMBER or CERTIFICATE number, usually in an upper corner of the title. (I do not know SC title layout). That number and the VIN is all the DMV needs to verify the matching information, owner, status, liens, etc.

I am former Patrolman - (previous life...) :) Stopping people with no plates or paper plates was one of my favorites!

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MrMikey Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 403	Walk away 'till you see the paper, IMHO, if he wants to sell it, it'll turn up soon enough. Once the moneys changed hands, you have no leverage............Mike __________________ '09 Voyager
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MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	We have electronic titles here also. I pay the upcharge for paper. __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936
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oldbeezer Jr. Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Coumbia SC Posts: 32	I live in SC and never heard of an electronic title. __________________ too old to die young
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ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Ive never heard of an electronic title either, but I'm sure there is a DMV office that you can call and verify the title. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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sho_greg Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 315	Hes got an electronic title.. he has shown me some paperwork that appears to be a title.. I believe that he owns the bike...
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07-10-2019, 05:24 AM	#9
MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	http://www.scdmvonline.com/Business-...Lien-and-Title In SC dealerships are required to file anything with a lien electronically. __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936
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07-13-2019, 08:11 AM	#10
smokier Join Date: May 2015 Location: DBQ Iowa Posts: 1,807	Greetings Sho_Greg, What Ringadingh and Ponch said. Check with DMV. There will be a TITLE NUMBER or CERTIFICATE number, usually in an upper corner of the title. (I do not know SC title layout). That number and the VIN is all the DMV needs to verify the matching information, owner, status, liens, etc. I am former Patrolman - (previous life...) :) Stopping people with no plates or paper plates was one of my favorites!
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