All car dealers are out to get your private information but new car dealers are the worst. No matter that you are offering them top dollar and all cash, they still demand to see and copy your driver's license.
A few days ago I put a dealer in Seattle to the test because he had a low-mileage mint-condition 2006 Camry V6 XLE that my wife really wanted to buy.
"I will pay your asking price," I said, "and in cash. However, I value my privacy so this car will be titled in the name of a New Mexico limited liability company. I will sign as sole member but I will not show any identification other than the NM LLC documents. Do we have a deal?"
"No way!" was his firm answer. Many other readers of this blog have reported similar results. So what's the solution? How can you buy a car without revealing your true name? Here's the 1-2-3 answer:
1. Pick up a low-cost
New Mexico LLC.
2. Buy a car from a private party.
3. Fill out the "Buyer" boxes on the title with the NM LLC name, and scribble a signature. If required to print your name, list the initial of your middle name and your last name.
When you show up at a licensing bureau or DMV, have everything filled out. When asked for ID, hand them them your passport (rather that your driver's license, which lists your address). In most states the clerks will merely glance at the name and the picture and hand you back your passport. The only name on the registration will be the name of the NM LLC.
Labels: anonymous ownership, how to buy a car from a private party, New Mexico limited liability company, NM LLC
Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 6:14 PM
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To form a New Mexico LLC, the only information required for the Articles of Organization is:
(1) the name of the company and the address of the principal office.
(2) the name and address of the resident agent (which must be a street address in New Mexico), and
(3) the duration of the LLC (often December 31, 2099)
A New Mexico LLC need not include the names of members. The mailing address of the principal office can be anywhere in the world. And unlike all other states, a New Mexico LLC does not require an annual report. Thus, changes in membership take place in
total darkness.
How do you use a New Mexico LLC? You title your car, boat, plane, mobile home, travel trailer, motorcycle or real estate in the name of the New Mexico LLC instead of your own name. And what does the NM LLC cost?
At low as $325 at
this site, which includes not only the charter and the Articles of Organization, but three years paid ahead for the New Mexico LLC’s resident agent, as well as a foreign address for your "principal place of business." (Records, therefore, cannot be subpoened!)
Labels: anonymous ownership, keep your assets, New Mexico limited liability company, New Mexico LLC, NM LLC
Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 12:04 AM
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I want to be invisible … I paint my
face and travel at night.
—Ralph Reed
In theory,
How to Be Invisible covers all the bases but in practice, sometimes a consultant who specializes in personal privacy is required. Here are the reasons why a retired detective and a wealthy widow recently flew to Las Vegas for private consultations with me. (Names have been changed.)
Jim Williams, 65, a retired Seattle police detective:
Jim was divorced, no children, and had no close relatives. His problem was that he could foresee that a vindictive investor named Max was going to file an unjust—if not frivolous— lawsuit against him. Once filed, Jim could be tied down for months or years and end up with horrendous legal costs. The alternative?
“I’d like to just
disappear without a trace,” he said. “I’ve got my eye on an offshore blue-water sailboat and I’d like to cruise up to Alaska in the summer and down to Mexico in the winter. The problem is how to title the boat so my name does not appear, and how to get my monthly pension checks and cash them without leaving a clue as to what port I’m in.”
Helen Holmes, 57, a wealthy widow from Arkansas:
Helen nearly died in a major car accident several years ago. “When I recovered,” she said, “I felt like a different person and I wanted to start life over. I’m going to sell off all my land holdings and just disappear, but I need some help.” She planned to travel for several years and then settle down some place “far, far away from Arkansas.” Her two requirements were (1)
where to securely hide a large sum of money when her properties were sold, and (2) how to obtain and use a
bank account that could normally
not be traced back to her.
Both Jim and Helen left Las Vegas with their problems solved. So who needs a personal privacy consultant? Anyone who wants to make sure that when they disappear, they
really disappear!
Labels: anonymous ownership, hidden bank account, how to disappear, internet privacy, personal privacy consultant, privacy consultant, privacy consultation, privacy consulting
Privacy blog post by JJ Luna at 12:01 AM
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