The Expert Podcast

…Even official DMV employees can be part of vehicle title frauds Here's an article. where a. DMV employee was actually forging vehicle titles In this case it was for their own benefit. they had a colleague along with himself who was trying to get a title for a 2020 land Rover. And this employee was forging titles using their access to the motor vehicle records in order to get a title for vehicle. That didn't belong to them. According to the. case allegedly, this employee this is an Illinois was arrested after forging a title for a stolen vehicle. And they use the computer database to run a VIN check and use a fake VIN number on a title application. To get a stolen vehicle title now. This was a very isolated event However, It does also reflect some caution You need to take into account when you're looking to get a title for a vehicle. Anytime you're getting a title through some non-standard method Like if you're using an alternative or a court order title or bonded title. You want to make sure that whoever is doing the process for you is using completely legitimate means. There's a lot of ways to get a title and some of them are legitimate Some aren't. And when a…method that's used it's improper. You may find yourself. In a position where that title gets revoked. We see this all the time We get, you know four or five inquiries a day from people who have purchased the vehicle and then come to find out. That that title that they have has been revoked because at some point the application for the title whether they did it or somebody else was done improperly. And that title is no longer valid it's because you have a title doesn't mean that the story's over If that title turns out to be obtained in an improper manner, it can be revoked at a later date. So making sure that the method of getting a title is appropriate for your vehicle appropriate for your scenario is important so that you can have security in that title And you don't have to worry about losing it later.