Reply to "Ownership in legal terms"

We bought our car from Alabama, non-title issuing state for cars prior to 1974. Well to get the car titled in Michigan, we had to have a bill of sale, the cars registration from Alabama with the owners signature, also we had to take photos of the VIN to provide the state with proof of the VIN. This step could have been skipped if we could have showed the states rep the car.
Lastly we did not notice that the paperwork from Alabama had changed during the previous owners time with the car. What had happened is the registration had misprinted the VIN number and had never been caught until we were ready to title the car in our name. It was unfortunate but we had several of the old registrations and it was very easy to see what had happened, our state was easy to deal with on that aspect of the legal change of ownership.
My point is to dot your I's and cross your T's in this endeavor. Make sure there are no lein holders, and all of the numbers on all the documents match what you have been sold.
Good luck on your Pantera trip!!!
Jeff