Stealing abandoned cars

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

In Wisconsin it is deemed salvage and You cannot obtain a title for it if it
is impounded as an abandoned car. I already checked with law enforcement.
They said it would be better to locate the owner and work it out with them.

On 9/26/05, Patrick Bureau <patrick.bureau@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> In a lot of states, the car has to remain impounded for at least 30 days
> to
> permit owner/insurance to claim it.
>
> Usually after that you can claim it before it goes to auction.
>
> Cheers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org] On
> Behalf
> Of SCIROCCO75@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:24 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Scirocco-l Digest, Vol 7,Issue 142Stealing abandoned cars (in
> this case a D
>
> In a message dated 9/25/05 1:02:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> scirocco-l-request@scirocco.org writes:
> Stealing abandoned cars (in this case a Delorean!)
> I live in Michigan, and last year I found a Karmann Ghia that appeared
> abandoned, so I called the sherriffs office and the same day they came to
> it
> and ran
> the VIN, there was no title activity on the Vin ( not registered, not
> reported stolen etc) and they gave me a form stating this, and a pink
> application
> form to fill out and bring to the state office, In Michigan they provide a
> "quick
> title" for an extra $5.00 and I walked out with the titlefor a total of
> $23.00. Try it, or at least call your DMV and ask how. Michael
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)