I bought my scrambler with no title. I filed for a Certificate of Ownership and got a title. It had not been registered in 7 years and I gave less than $3000 for it. There were some other stipulations, can't remeber what they were. This is in Tenn. don't know where you are or if they have that there. If there is not money owed against it or it has been stolen you shouldn't have a problem. There are title services that'll get you a title for a fee but you can save the $$ and do it yourself. The state the tax dollars, so if your honest and there's nothing shady been going on they'd be glad to sell you a tag... or should be.