Yeah that would be the way to do it. The seller I bought the truck from never had it titled in his name, same for his FIL. So to WI DOT the original owner still holds the title rights. If I could do this through the original owner I would pay for them to get a replacement title. But I'm pretty sure the original owner has passed away. .If he were still alive I think the collector plate on the truck would still show registered in his name. When my friend in the sheriff department ran a trace on the collector plate, no name, nothing came up in the WI DOT system to show a name connected to the collector plate. So my next step is to submit a title search/replacement form to the WI DOT with the original owner's name on it. A search by WI DOT should show the original owner next of kin has no claim to the title, and then I can get a replacement title in my name.