im pretty Sure if u go to the licence buero they Will check the vin if it hasn't been titled in 15 years u can get a abandoned title or u can talk to the hey patrol
turbomopar, welcome to the site.
It used to not be too hard to get an abandoned title. Years ago a guy I knew got one in about 30 days. However it's more complicated now. Read my previous post. There are 42 pages of instructions. Look it up. You have to send a certified letter to the previous owner, except they won't tell you who that was. You have to get it inspected by the highway patrol, they will decide whether to give you a good title or a salvage one. If they decide salvage, you will have to get it inspected again once the car is finished. You will have to have receipts for everything you did to the car. So you will have 2 title fees, 2 Form 551s ($25 each) for the patrol, and alot of aggravation dealing with people who don't really seem to want you to bother them. And I've left out some of the steps. The last (and only) time I got an abandoned vehicle title, it took 6 months and 2 trips to Jeff City.
If you find an easier way to do it in MO, please tell me, I would love to know.
Dallas