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The next time that you're dealing with the DMV and finding it difficult to work on a title or get answers from them, uh, one of the things to realize is all of the inconveniences and bureaucracy that the DMV throws in front of you and gives you the runaround is for a reason. And a lot of times has to do with preventing fraud. You know, they want to make sure that it's difficult to get a title to make sure that you're not trying to get a title for a vehicle you're not supposed to have. you're they're protecting the prior owner.

In the case of export vehicles, many of our clients run into difficulties with exporting a vehicle without the right paperwork and they figure, "Hey, I'm exporting it. What's the big deal?" Well, here's why. A lot of vehicles that are stolen or have other types of encumbrances on them, maybe leans, maybe junk or parts only, uh are used as export assets because they figure, well, if I don't have to get a title here, I can just export it and bring it to some other country.

Well, unlike other types of commodities, the Customs and Border Protection, CBP, does inspections on vehicles when they're being exported. Usually, customs only import uh inspects items when they're coming in. If you ship a truckload of bananas or a container of bananas into the country, they're going to check it in customs to make sure it's safe, make sure you have the right paperwork, make sure everything's legit. Why would they care about things being exported? Because it's leaving the country. They shouldn't care about it.

Well, vehicles they do because if a vehicle leaves the country and it's stolen or has a lean or something else, they're going to want to stop that in its tracks. And to their credit, this is what happened. Uh, in uh Norfolk, Virginia, they found your video will be back in 8 seconds. In the meantime, remember, you have access to live one-on-one consultation, undivided attention of a licensed, certified expert in this subject and many others. We want to listen to your story. We want to hear your questions and give you expert advisement of your options. We want to tell you what we know about your situation and what options you have. Now, back to your video. Containers with 18 stolen vehicles that were going overseas.

And this is a way for people to get a vehicle that they've obtained improperly. stolen leans, parts only, junk in a way that they don't have the right paperwork to get some value from it because they can ship it. That's why customs inspects the vehicles. If you have a vehicle that's a junk or parts only, the vehicle normally has to be taken apart into major component parts into 18 different components before it can be shipped. Uh if it has a lean on it, you have to get permission from a lean holder. So, there's a lot of different rules and requirements.

So, if you're looking to export it, make sure that you go through the right channels. our website below, cartitles.com, will give you a lot of instructions on how to do export paperwork for a vehicle. We also have consulting with a certified title examiner that can help you with that process. But this is the reason why that sometimes you'll run into difficulty with the DMV that seems like it's not fair, but they're just trying to protect either the prior owner from somebody taking their vehicle without their permission or from a vehicle being improperly transported to another country.

Remember, if you have a bill of sale, that's great. But a bill of sale doesn't prove anything about the ownership. It just proves that you gave somebody some money and they're willing to give you a receipt for the money. doesn't prove they were the owner. Doesn't prove they had authority to sell the vehicle. It just pro it's just a receipt that you gave somebody money. So, you want to make sure that you go through the right process to get the right ownership documents so you can legally title and register that vehicle.
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