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Notaries for vehicle titles actually only have to witness the seller signature. I know several notaries that can confirm that.
Notaries for vehicle titles actually only have to witness the seller signature. I know several notaries that can confirm that.

Guess rules are rules? I'll be next for just posting to admit I lifted my house without a permit.![]()
Notaries for vehicle titles actually only have to witness the seller signature. I know several notaries that can confirm that.
I'm married to a "by the book" notary. I just asked her about this and she communicated that LEGALLY, both parties are to be present in front of the notary regardless. Sure people do and have done it other ways, but that doesn't mean it's legal.
Unfortunately , ron is 100% right.

It's Shawn and Cyd's site, so if/when they are wrong, they are still right.![]()
Ha......Ha....HaBingo....I believe it becomes illegal when the person in position of the title is not the person who's name is listed in the selling party
Ron is basing his argument that JF is a licensed business man paying taxes on all the work he does and everything is on the up and up....
I mean really do you think this is true after admitting to everything else. Im betting he files as unemployed and doesn't file any of the mechanic work he does.
I'd bed a prosecutor would nail him either way.
No, not JF.
@shawn insinuated a mutual friend who got into trouble for open titles.
That mutual friend was a license NC car dealer. He has different rules to play by. In the eyes of the law he is a big, slick professional just looking to take advantage of all the little peons.
To combine threads, a licensed real estate agent can't do things in a real estate transaction that I can. Its why despite having multiple business dedicated to real estate investing neither I nor my wife are licensed agents.
Same deal with car dealers.
Now you want to open a can of worms?
In NC an auto manufacturer can't sell their vehicles direct to a consumer. Just extrapolate that one a bit...
BTW just got an email back from my attorney.
H
e says this, "You get caught driving a vehicle with a title that the owner signed and you didnt, you may get charged with GTA you will not get charged with any count of forgery because, well you havent forged or deceived anything/anyone. Now the seller ...he may very well have some legal issues. Where a crime could happen is when you sell the vehicle to a 3rd party and never acquire title. But still that isn't forgery that is acting as a dealer or agent without a license. Remember every car salesman at a dealership in NC has to have a DMV seller registration and take a course and pay a fee."
The crime comes in when somebody ELSE then sells the car. When Person B sells the car to Person C. It is not Person B's signature as the SELLER, it is Person A's.
NCGS Chapter 20 said:In order to assign or transfer title or interest in any motor vehicle registered under the provisions of this Article, the owner shall execute in the presence of a person authorized to administer oaths an assignment and warranty of title on the reverse of the certificate of title in form approved by the Division, including in such assignment the name and address of the transferee; and no title to any motor vehicle shall pass or vest until such assignment is executed and the motor vehicle delivered to the transferee.
Envious? Not an attack, just curious...
Fuller was keeping the titles open in order to skirt state law on dealer licensure requirements.


Did he state that directly Shawn?