Question for you car guys, especially if experienced with illinois car law.
I regularly pick up from a body shop. Usually just fenders, hoods, etc. Load and go. They ended up putting out a couple front clip carcasses after using all the parts they needed off of them. I called my usual yard and a couple others around and none of them will take the clips. I finally got a hold of a yard that told me over the phone, quote, as long as you have PAPERWORK we'll take them. Well, low and behold, I load one up on a trailer, make the half hour drive to the place, and when I get there they tell me I need the actual title. So, not wanting to bring the clip back to the pickup point, I took it home and let's just say, my usual yard takes front clips as long as it doesn't look like a front clip. I know that's kind of a grey area action to take, however I didn't fret too much as it came from a trusted established business and I had the original invoice from the junk yard that sold it to them. Not like I stole a car and chopped it. Now however, there's still 3 clips to be dealt with and I'm sure more will pop up eventually. So my question for you guys, is there any way to get a title for whats obviously a totalled car? Or is there some sort of certification I'd need to be able to legally break them up? Or am I pretty much stuck giving my yards shredder a head start so to speak?