Title Progress Pt. 1.

This week has been busy. Finally made some headway in the titling/tagging of my hearse. The guy that sold it to me planned on title 42’ing it because of the complications the title had:
The title was a “non highway” title from Kansas dated 1985 and the last transfer of ownership was in 2008, but not notarized so it didn’t even count.
This being my first on my own car purchase(bought it with no loan, borrowing or help, and taking care of the paperwork with my money and in my name.), I had no idea what I was getting into. I went to the local tag agency and was immediately blown off, the clerk had no idea what to do so she told me to go to the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) building. Already annoyed I headed over and Jamie was incredibly helpful, but told me what I didn’t want to hear. She said that I needed to go to the Cleveland County courthouse and file for a court order to request a title in my name… for $125 bucks. I had not insured her, and was at a dead end, so as a last attempt I went to the tag agency near by work, the next town over.

This lady seemed at a loss but instead of writing me off, or telling me I’m outta luck she went and talked to her superior in the back for a good 10 minutes and came back with a packet for a ‘Title 42’ and told me it required getting records of the last owner from Kansas, and there were lots of “same day” and “notarized” instructions and specifications so I took the packet and stopped considering it only a few pages into it. Waaaay too difficult for the time I had left to get it titled without late fees.
So, the next day I woke up early and headed to the Cleveland County Courthouse and to my delight I was helped at the door and immediately given the proper paperwork. I filled all the necessary fields and when done and notarized I was told I could see the judge at 1:30PM, only 45 minutes of waiting to finally get this done? Yes please!

The judge was young, and very pretty and pleasant. I explained all I knew to the best of my ability (which wasn’t much), told her about the run around I received and told of the research and efforts I made, and when I showed her the “Non Highway” title she signed off on my form. An elevator ride and $125.70 later and I had a legal permission slip.. er, court order stating the OTC should give me a title.

Thrilled that it cost a bit of money, not more time or effort I head back to the OTC and Jamie helps me out, but there’s a snag; the system is down and will be down for the day. She took my number and sent me back to work.

So now you know, if you have a title no one will touch, at least in Oklahoma, the most painless route would be giving the Cleveland County courthouse a visit. This is one big learning experience for me, so if anyone can learn from my experience, the better!
I’m supposed to get the call tomorrow so I will update then.