You can do a Title search at the DMV. Its a pain in the ass but it will find your title. As far as the brother signing off... I have no clue.

 

dont do unless its his brother signs that pink, that person still owns that vehicle untill signed. as for insurance you can have 100 insurance policys on 1 vehicle if you want, your money. but just wait till his bro comes back not worth getting screwed in a bad deal.

 

ooh yeah and if its in his brothers name why is he tradeing it? dont you think if it was his car he could sign the pink and his name would be on it or shared?

 

Something just seems off, IMO I probably wouldnt do it, sell your civic and buy one from someone else!

 

rofl trying to buy a vehicle from someone who isn't on the insurance.

technically the brother could come back, call the police and you could be charged for receiving stolen property.

don't do shit until the brother is there to sign over the car.

 

damnnn alright i guess i gotta just wait for his bro to come back

 

i had a kind of similar situation with my old vehicle, a del sol...i bought it from someone who didnt have a title (he had bought it from someone who didnt provide title either), so the title was out there somewhere, registered to the orginal owner...basically what i ended up doing (which is illegal, but never got caught) is i applied for a lost title in the orginal owners name and forwarded it to my address. It costed about $80. One day the title arrived at my house in the orginal owners name. I then signed over the vehicle to myself (had to forge his name) and got a new clean title in my own name. I had insurance on the vehicle the whole time, so you should be able to get that part done no matter whos name its in. you should call your DMV though and see what they say...i was lucky that i never got caught and i no longer own the vehicle.