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Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois
Illinois USED to be great at helping you out with title searches. They would make copies of everything they had and send you for four bucks. But some politician 'decided' probably about 20-25 years ago, that somebody's privacy was being invaded.
Oh noooooo 
So they cut that cord you can't get squat out of Illinois anymore. |
You are right. It's a car, not a bank account.
In my state a few years back I stumbled on to a web-portal where you could search the serial number to at least see if a car had been junked. It was free and open to all. However, I don't recall how to get back to it.
I have heard that if you hire an attorney they can send a letter with what you have, and get some basic info for you. I don't know how accurate that is, or if they send it to DMV, or the county courthouse. Always seems attorneys get special privledges.