jerry W.
dealing with the impossible state of Illinois! It can be done
I finally has success with getting an Illinois title for an old 1940s Harley that my father bought 53 years ago and never got the title for. I first attempted to get a bonded title for the bike. I purchased a bond and filled out all the paperwork on my own. the state rejected the application for two reasons, first they wanted to be the ones to issue me a bond, second they wanted the bike to be worth $36,000 before they would issue the bond or title. this would give them a tidy sum of $3,000 for the bond over the three years I was required to have it. A friend recommended car titles.com, so I watched several of their YouTube videos and decided to give it a try. I did the leg work on my own, and applied for a Vermont title. after three weeks I received a Vermont plate with the approval stamp on the application paperwork that I had submitted. I was confused, where was my registration and sticker? contacted cartitles.com and got an immediate answer. Those items were not needed and would show up later from the Vermont DMV. the plates come from the department of corrections. took my plates and the approved application to Illinois DMV. I chose a small DMV in a rural location.... HUGE MISTAKE! don't do this. small DMVs have no clue how to do this kind of title. after a call was placed to the people who wanted to sell me the bond, I was threatened with arrest and told that I couldn't scam the system like that. I was also told that if i was caught with those plates on my bike I'd be arrested. It soon became obvious that this manager didn't know her butt from a hole in the ground. I left and placed a second call to car titles.com They recommended that I try a different DMV. I did that same day. walked into a very busy office and walked out with a brand new Illinois bike plate. title was applied for. due to covid the title had to remain in the QA department for 18 extra days due to the short Vin number but got it in the mail a couple days ago. I recommend that you take the time to understand the process that you are going thru before you do this. Its not a magical thing that causes a title to appear in your mail box. it is more of a road map that will get you to your destination successfully. More importantly, it works!
Response from CarTitlesJul 29, 2021
This is excellent advice. We are glad to help.