Sounds like somebody signed the title over to someone, and that someone sold the vehicle to jones along with a bill of sale.
In most states, you don't legally own the vehicle unless it's your name on the front of the title.. if it isn't your name on the front of the title, you legally don't have the right to sell it or register it.
Thats why people who "float" titles ask the seller NOT to put a name in the "sold to" blank spot.
I've bought vehicles that had bounced around 7 or 8 different people.. with the original owners name still on the front, and their john hancock on the back.
If the "buyers" name is written in the blank on the back, he'd have to have that person title the truck, then sign it over.
Some states don't require a title for vehicles past a certian year.. just a bill of sale with the VIN number.. I think thats how the title agencys get around the no title thing, by getting a title in one of those states with a bill of sale, then transferring the new title to you.
