The Expert Podcast

…There are some illegal title duplication scams that we run into every day. These are ways that people try to get lost titles on cars. And people charge a lot of money to get lost titles for cars using these scams One of the most common is a mechanics lien scam. It's usually a body shop or towing company. That will use the mechanics lien process to get a title for a car it's extremely illegal. The mechanic's lien is supposed to get them a title for a car that they did work on that somebody didn't pay the bill. If they're using the process to get titles for people that never had anything to do with their shop, you can get big trouble There's people that get arrested for that all the time. There's also scams where you actually have to sign over the title to the, title agent Usually it's an online company, or you have to sign a power of attorney saying that you're allowing them to sign anything they want to on that car. That in effect is signing over your rights to that car to that company that you don't know who they are You don't know where they are. Is it a PO box Are they licensed? The other scam is exactly that they're unlicensed companies. In order to process car titles In most states, you actually have to have a state licensed to do business specifically for car titling and registration If you don't have that license, you're operating illegally. And if you do business with somebody like that and they do something wrong or they file fraudulent documents you're going to be on the hook for it You could lose your car, you can get in legal trouble. And those are the kinds of things you want to avoid. To get a car title. There are dozens of new stories every week. If you do a search on Google for a car title scams or a car title fraud. Or illegal car titles. You'll find dozens of new stories We see them all the time You'll find them on our blog about people who are. getting in trouble every day for doing some type of improper or fraudulent process to get a lost title for a car rather than going through the legal process to do it where you can get a title that won't be revoked from you in a later date…