Getting a lost title

mcodecuda said
Illinois can’t make him verify that he was a resident of Vermont when he got the Vermont title it Vermont doesn’t require it when applying for a title.

I honestly don't know how that is even POSSIBLE. Heck-I have no way to "prove" I was a resident of several places I have lived.

volaredon said
In just going by what he's told me. And I guess they don't actually issue titles on cars that old.
But supposedly every state has to honor and accept all other state's ways of car registration. We will see.

Yes. MANY states simply DO NOT TITLE old cars-VT, ME, NH, RI, CT, GA, AL, and PA come to mind. (It's even more common with bikes.)

Probably 20 years ago a guy I know brought a 78 jeep pickup back from GA another "no title" state from what he said at the time, I never checked because it wasn't my truck. He said he got it cheap and thought he'd flip it easily up here because it didn't have any rust at all.
Well it sat over 5 years behind his garage, waiting and fighting with Illinois and never could register it here, when it was nasty looking and full of sap he ended up hauling it back to GA and giving/selling it back to a relative down there
Illinois has to be the most anal retentive state on license and title issues in the US. I hate dealing with them. And I know from talking to you guys on here among the highest priced/most fees for different things I'd have never dreamed they could invent a fee or tax for

At a guess, he didn't have a valid GA registration.

64 Dart 270 said
What VT is doing is not illegal as VT does not issue you a title, just a registration. They do ensure the vehicle vin has not been reported stolen. What might happen is states that currently only require another state registrstion ( in this case VT) to issue you a title could require much more than that to get a title. I would imagine some already do that. Vermont's biggest industry is tourism, and there are many people that are residents of other states with 2nd (and 3rd ,4th, and so on) houses here. I would guess that is part of this.
The process documented in Uncle Tony's video is not difficult for anyone to do themselves; no need to hire a company for that piece.

Many states don't title old cars-other states HAVE to accept something other than a title as proof of ownership. Anything older than 2001, it's not that I do not need a title-I cannot get a title. The state simply will not issue one.