Car title

This is why when I buy a car I'm planning to build and drive, I get it titled before I start working on it. That way, when I'm ready to drive it, the DMV is not an issue as I'm only going for tags at drive time.

Even if I was building a strip only car, I'd get a title so nobody can claim it as their own.

If I buy one as a parts car, the title either goes with the remains when I'm done scavenging what I want from it, or gets shredded when I throw the remains away.