(non scirocco) Mechanic Lien

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Derrick floyd wrote:
> Anyone on here know about Mechanic Lien's?  I need to put a lien on a
> car.  My buddy gave it to me because he couldn't pay the bill.  I did
> a title search and found out that he isn't the registered owner of the
> car and the car was brought from a auction and he never retitled the
> car and he currently doesn't have a title.  I sent the registered
> owner two comfirm certitfied letters and she never called or wrote me
> back.  so I'm going to have to put a lien on it to get the title. 
> anyone know how I would go about doing this?
> 
> _____

I did exactly what you did, but it only took ONE registered return 
receipt letter which was refused and returned to me.

I took it to my local California DMV and registered the Karman Ghia in 
my name.

Try the easiest part 1st, as in don't go up to the window and say "can I 
do this without..." or "I know I haven yet...".

If you pay fees and have due diligence paperwork you may not ave the 
problem you envision.

Things are different if you have a contested ownership, of which I don't 
think is the case here.


TBerk