[blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

[Robert Shelton]

I ran into this question a long time ago (mid 80's) and found no
satisfactory answer.  If this discussion goes off-list, please include me --
rshelton1 at gmail.com

I think this is a pretty important blindness issue -- basic right of
property ownership.

Thanks and happy new year.

--ROS

-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 4:28 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] OFF Topic: Question about Car Titles

Sorry for the off topic post, but you all are a great resource, and I was
hoping someone could answer a question about car titles for me.  If you want
to take this off list, that's fine, please write to me at
jopinto at pcdesk.net.  Thanks.

The situation is that I would like to buy a used car for Gerald's
eighteen-year-old daughter to drive, and have her make payments to me till I
get my money back and then the car is hers.  We found a safe, reliable,
practical used car, which wasn't an easy thing to do.  The problem is, to
get the car title in my name, I need registration.  To get registration, I
need proof of insurance.  And to get proof of insurance, I need a valid
driver's license, which I can't get, for obvious reasons.  Is there any way
around the problem besides putting the car in Gerald's name?  I can do that
if I have to, but I'm thinking there has to be some way of working it out.
It's just like owning any other property, I would guess, except that I
wouldn't actually get behind the wheel.

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

Jo Elizabeth

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify
the hunters.--African Proverb