I misread the thread title.
Anyway. You could do a search on this board for many thread on this subject.
With just as many opinions.
Every state is different on this.
Some insist on them.
Some won't issue them on older cars if none are on record.
And every state is a sovereign entity.
If you have the car in that state, that's your answer.
Titles are to show ownership which becomes important when there could be a lien on the car.
Unless you have some reason to suspect that this car has not changed hands legitimately, I wouldn't worry about it.
It was never reported as missing or stolen I would guess.
A cop can do a VIN run on it and let you know.
Won't cost you a thing.
I've bought cars that did not exist in the computer system when the cop ran it.
And they had old tags on them.
I've got no doubt that I could prove in a court of law they are my cars.
And face it, for the value of this car it's a small claims matter anyway.
A lawyer wouldn't even touch it without someone paying them.
