Mistake Preventing Transfer of Title

[rocky5683]

My question involves vehicle registration or title in the state of: TX

My husband recently drove about 9 hrs from where we live to purchase a vehicle. The man handed him a title and a title transfer sheet that he said he signed. My husband, tired from driving all day, did not inspect the title. He did not realize until he got home and we went two days later to have the title transferred that the man he purchased it from never had it transferred to him. The man signed it in the buyer spot when he bought it and the original owner signed it. He then signed it in the dealer spot and gave it to my husband. How do I go about getting this transferred to my husbands name. We have not had any luck contacting this man and do not know the original owner. Do I need to try to find the original owner or what? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Mr. Knowitall]

Yes, the best and fastest approach would be to have the original owner obtain a replacement title and properly execute it.