In order not to buy a pledged car to the bank in the secondary market, you should make sure that the VIN number specified by the seller in the advertisement corresponds to the real mark of the vehicle body, and you should request it from the notary public. An excerpt from the pledged property registry. This was told socialbites.ca by the head of the Avtocriminalist expert center Maxim Shelkov.
“The seller can provide a backup VIN to further complicate verification. You must insist on presenting the original documents and compare them with the number applied to the car. Also, these data should be checked against the federal notary pledge record,” Shelkov explained to socialbites.ca.
On the website of the Federal Notary Chamber you can be sure that the vehicle is not pledged free of charge. Shelkov advised that after receiving such information it is imperative to contact the notary and obtain a certified extract from this record.
“With the help of this, you can protect yourself as a bona fide buyer in case of any claims from creditors in the future,” concluded the expert.
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