I defer to you as you know the "law" side of California law. Fred TC1353 From: D&J Edgar Just 2 cents from the distaff side (of David Edgar, TC5108). I don't want to get into the emotional aspects of car history, but I've been a cop for over 25 years and just wanted to pass on some procedural points.

In California, it could be titled as whatever Mark chooses. All he needs to do is to get a police officer to verify the VIN. If he can convince the officer of the number, it will be registered as that number. In my case, all the officer did (he came to my house to inspect it) was look at the battery...