![]() Finally you take your bond and all your documentation to the DMV within 30 days and purchase what is called a “Bonded Title.” See this Texas DMV website for all the info. You then have to get a state ruling on the price of a bond you need to purchase based on the value of the bike, then purchase this bond from the DMV or a licensed third party agency. To recover a lost title in Texas for example, the state needs to ascertain that the motorcycle was never involved in a crime. If this search shows that you or someone else owes money (ie has a lien) on the motorcycle, then you have to contact whoever lent the money (bank, credit union, etc) and get written proof that the debt is no longer active or not in your name. Turnaround time varies based on what the title search finds and on the other steps in the process (like clearing a lien/debt). Many states require pictures of the entire bike, and there is always a fee. Do a little research using your state’s name and search terms like “bought vehicle without title.” The process varies by state but will probably include a state search for the vehicle title. If you want to try to figure this situation out on your own, then start with your state’s DMV. Regardless of how you ended up having no title for your motorcycle, your problem is solvable, and many people have solved it before you. Hint hint - lots of the bad things end up costing you money!) See this article for all the bad things that can happen when you drive a vehicle with an open title. (FYI this is called an open title, and open titles can be really problematic. Maybe you got a title when you bought your bike, but that title wasn’t signed by the person that you made the purchase from the title was in someone else’s name altogether. Maybe you bought a bike without getting a title at all. Maybe you are here because you bought a motorcycle without signing over a legal title into your name. Some states even impound vehicles that get pulled over without proper documentation! Situations where the title isn’t in your name If you are ever pulled over, then you won’t have registration or insurance documents to show the police, and this will earn you a large ticket to say the least. ![]() Please don’t take the easy way out and just put a license plate from another bike onto this motorcycle. ![]() It isn’t enough for a bike to run a motorcycle needs a state-issued title in your name, so that you can register it, put plates on it, and insure it. Grown-up me thinks of things that my teenage buddies and I never considered, like how hard it would have been to get the bike to be street legal. It always ended up right back there in the empty lot, calling out to us and offering visions of freedom and the open road. Every time a kid on the block came of age, they would take a turn at trying to salvage it, pull it home, and bring it back to life. I remember the bike so clearly: those sweeping metal lines, rusted and half buried in sand and scrub brush. At best guess it was one of those CB models from the late 70’s or early 80’s. There was an abandoned Honda motorcycle in an empty lot on the street I grew up on. ![]()
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