So, you bought a truck from a dealer, and lost the title that had who knows how many reassignments, starting with a title still in the name of the previous owner. Don't forget you may well have to deal with a lien on the title as well.

Can you check with the DMV and determine whose name the previous title was in? Perhaps you could negotiate a lower cost from them.

I'd suggest that it's not quite as simple for the dealer to produce a good title for you as it might have been for you if you had completed the paperwork prior to losing it. Might be time to suck it up.

Jim

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