Prospect purchase

[movenon]

You still running those plates.....?  Can't get away with shit.....
George

[fintip]

Haha, tell me about it. Pain in the ass, lost the original title on the way down, long infuriating story. I'm about to call up the PO any day now and offer to send him $100 to go get a replacement title. In WA they have privatized their DMV's, so now they can exploit you and are even worse than goverment run offices--zero accountability, zero competition.

In Texas, getting a replacement title is 5 bucks, 5 minute, print on the spot affair. In WA it takes a notarized form and either 20 dollars and 6-8 weeks, or $80 and 4-5 days. 

If he doesn't want to do it, it'll be $300 for a bonded title here in Texas. 



The tags *just* went out, and it's not like cops are checking the dates on a washington motorcycle plate really closely. I imagine for the most part they just don't bother me because they assume I'm an out-of-towner or something, I dunno. No problems yet, though.

[movenon]

Haha, tell me about it. Pain in the ass, lost the original title on the way down, long infuriating story. I'm about to call up the PO any day now and offer to send him $100 to go get a replacement title. In WA they have privatized their DMV's, so now they can exploit you and are even worse than goverment run offices--zero accountability, zero competition.

In Texas, getting a replacement title is 5 bucks, 5 minute, print on the spot affair. In WA it takes a notarized form and either 20 dollars and 6-8 weeks, or $80 and 4-5 days. 

If he doesn't want to do it, it'll be $300 for a bonded title here in Texas. 



The tags *just* went out, and it's not like cops are checking the dates on a washington motorcycle plate really closely. I imagine for the most part they just don't bother me because they assume I'm an out-of-towner or something, I dunno. No problems yet, though.

Hope the PO will help you out there. He should anyhow. If not then the Texas deal might be what you have to do. Do some research, different states have different procedures for getting a title.  I would pay attention to it before you get stopped again. They probably won't stop you because of your plates, it will happen because you got stopped for some other perceived or real traffic infraction. Or someone else damages you.
Congrat's on the certificates ! You earned them. 
George