THE
STATE OWNS YOUR CAR
.
The Truth is coming out, the means of re-claiming Ownership will eventually
follow. On
February 10, 1987,
Tennessee Department of Revenue Operations Supervisor Denise Rottero told
Judge Geer how
Tennessee's auto registration works. The process begins with the "surrender"
of the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin (MSO) by the auto dealer to the
Department of Revenue in exchange for Certificate of Title. Asked if a MSO is
proof of ownership -Legal title -to the automobile. Ms. Rottero said, "Yes"
"Are you telling me that the ownership of an automobile is NOT title; it's
merely evidence that title exists. Your car's legal TITLE is the MSO, which
the dealer surrendered to the state. Ms. Rottero said the MSO is put on
microfilm for permanent keeping, the original destroyed. After the trial,
spectators expressed shock that their personal automobiles were actually owned
by the state. "No wonder state law officers stop
people for no reason!" said a housewife. "If your car's got a Tennessee plate,
it's theirs, and they can do anything they like to you." That's the law, but
it's volutary, No one but Judge Greer has dared say that if you don't
surrender your car to the state in exchange for plates, you go to jail. Ed.
Note : This is true not only for Tennessee, but for the other 49 states as
well. When purchasing a new automobile, the buyer is required to sign fine
print which authorized the dealer to obtain plates and registration for the
vehicle. Purchaser need only to read this fine print to see that by doing this
they are authorizing the dealer to act a power of attorney, and by doing so
the prospective buyer is signing away his rights to that vehicle. When buying
a used vehicle, the title already has been signed over to the state. -From The
Investigative Reporter, October 1996