I'd get someone to run the vin first before anything.. Idk if it's the same in TN, but here in FL they now have a way to get around the whole "lost title" thing by making it all digital now.
I don't even know if he can write a bill of sale for it. He claimed to have bought it off of a friend about a month ago and due to it being his friend he didn't get a bill of sale or a title.
All questions I could probably ask at the sheriff's office though :rolf: