[Chaplin]

The MSO essentially serves as a bill of sale or title for the car until a formal title is issued by the state. If the person you bought the car was the original purchaser who bought the car from Contemporary, but has lost the MSO issued by Contemporary, I would ask the seller to go to a notary and execute an affidavit stating that he was the original purchaser, was issued an MSO from Contemporary and that the original MSO is lost or destroyed. I think an affidavit to that effect from the seller combined with the receipt for the purchase would be sufficient for DMV in lieu of the original MSO. But I would put in a call to the Special Titles Division in Trenton and they could tell you for sure.