OK guys, I have a little question here. I have a situation where I have a bike, and I have a signed title. The title is signed by the previous owner and he had given it to a fellow that started to fix it up a little and then he passed away. Apparently his widow re-gifted the bike back to the original owner because she really didn't know what to do with it. His signature and printed name is on the buyer/agent lines (the fellow who passed away) and obviously I have the title but I was wondering do I really need to do anything with this title at the moment or should I go ahead and contact the fellow I traded the bike for. I know if I had to I could go with a bonded title but I am hoping to use this bike to trade into another bike and I want to clean up the title issue without a bonded title if I can avoid it.
The only reason I let this slide at the time was because I traded one bike for a partial runner and this one and the runner turned out to be worth its money and then some in trade so I was not too worried about this one at the time.
I've reached out to the original owner and he was a decent fellow at the time so I am sure he'll respond shortly but I was just curious if someone might have some pointers for me in case I don't here back from him soon because I was hoping to get this swap I was working on sorted out this week.
Thanks everyone.
The only reason I let this slide at the time was because I traded one bike for a partial runner and this one and the runner turned out to be worth its money and then some in trade so I was not too worried about this one at the time.
I've reached out to the original owner and he was a decent fellow at the time so I am sure he'll respond shortly but I was just curious if someone might have some pointers for me in case I don't here back from him soon because I was hoping to get this swap I was working on sorted out this week.
Thanks everyone.