This is pretty cool...UPDATE

[monkeystash]

that would be me! the title is your proof it's yours... anybody can write a bill of sale. I don't get it.

I do wonder under a bill of sale only state, is there any check done if a seller has not registered the car for street use? In a state that titles, the state maintains a record, at least for several years.

If I lived in a non titling state and did a bill of sale type sale from me to Billy Bob, what is to say I owned the car...a hand written bill of sale wouldn't...NCIC won't prove it. Just trying to learn more......

I don't have all the answers.  I guess it just comes down to your comfort level and the amount of homework you do on the car's history.  I did ask the tag office what proves ownership on a non-title car, and she told me the registration is my proof of ownership. 

[70_Fastback]

Cool looking plates.

[sigtauenus]

I bought a 68 coupe from a Navy guy (I guess you'd call him a sailor) who had the car registered in NY.  NY didn't title the car, there was a spot right on the back of the registration for transferring ownership.

When I went to title and register the car in VA, the DMV gave me a hard time not because of the NY registration, there was a form for that (because of no title), but they had a problem with the sale of a vehicle in VA that wasn't titled in VA.  So according to the VA DMV, the seller should have titled his car in VA and then sold it to me.  I tried explaining that he was military and didn't have to title the car in VA, and they didn't seem to care.  I don't recall exactly how I got around it, but I'm pretty sure I went back a couple days later and talked to a different clerk at the DMV with the "no title" form and that person accepted it.

[tarafied1]

weird, but it must work if many states have a "no title" policy. Maybe I'll go register the POS coupe that has no title in GA or AL since they are close!

[ZFORCE]

Congats, now you can rest easy and pour the $$$ into it like a slot machine!