missing car title

I had to pay a ton of money to do this with my car recently. But here in Washington you can use a "donor vehicle". And then pay a crap load of money to the State patrol for a Vin tag for the title of the donor vehicle. But you have to have a title to a vehicle that is exactly like the car. And it cannot be stolen or anything else. It was a pain in the butt, but with about $750.00 or so I got it done. My car is legally in my name with a title and a vin.