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Q: What is a bonded title?

A: A bonded title is a piece of paper that proves you own your vehicle. When you do not have the original title to your vehicle, you can get a bonded title instead. The 'bonded' part implies you purchased a lost title bond before you were issued the bonded title.

Q: Does a bonded title look different than a regular title?

A: Not really. The only difference between a bonded title and a regular title is that a bonded title is branded ‘bonded’ -(sounds like a USN compared to a FRN). A bonded title and a regular title function exactly the same and allow you to register, insure, and sell your vehicle.

What’s a Bonded Title?

If you’ve ever heard the expression “possession is nine-tenths of the law,” then you know that physically possessing a vehicle makes you the owner – at least in the eyes of the law – until someone else can prove that they own the vehicle instead.
Therefore, if you have possession of a vehicle and the rightful owner is unknown, your state has a process that allows you to secure a title.

1. First, you need to make every effort to find the rightful owner.
2. Second, you need to purchase a bond equal to (or in excess of) the value of the vehicle you want to title.
3. Third, you file some paperwork and turn the bond you purchased over to the state.
4. Finally, assuming your paperwork is correct, the state will issue you a title.

You can even print your title bond off your computer at home! (just as the FRB does with its bonded paper)


I feel that you might be revealing how law works holographically - that is to say, equally well and effective throughout multiple dimensions simultaneously.