[Andre]

I recently had interaction with Washington State DMV. I called and left a message and received a call back in 20 minutes... on a friday afternoon at that. They may be able to tell you a solution. It seems like they are also apt to issue new titles without much to do. The car I was dealing with had the license plate number on the title going back to 1989, but It was no longer in the washington state system. I was told that if i coordinated with a local title company, they would help me resolve it and get a new title that would show up in the system. Fortunately I did not need to go that route.

[Scarebird]

Originally Posted by Andre

I recently had interaction with Washington State DMV. I called and left a message and received a call back in 20 minutes... on a friday afternoon at that...

They are quite efficient.

[Squidward]

Great suggestions, all. I will start pursuing options here in AZ, with WA mvd, and with the financial institution if it gets that far.

The lien left by my friend is apparently bigger than I thought. The car was an asset in a debt consolidation back in the mid 2000's, all around the time when banks were giving 5 home loans to people unable to pay it back. This was one of those things. So I don't know if this is even a reality I want to mess with. I'll post back with any updates or lessons learned.

79 TA hard top, broken boat anchor 403, and swapped in TH400. We'll see. I won't pay a lot for it.