if he transferred the car into his name without a safety, as he said he did then it will say “PAS-UNF” at the top, which means it’s unfit for the road and needs a safety to be allowed to be driven on the road. if you walk into an MTO with a PAS-UNF title they won’t let you have a temp permit, simple as that.
when you transfer a car into your name without proof of a safety being done within 36 days prior to you putting it in your name, it gets a PAS-UNF title, regardless of the condition of the car.
PAS-UNF means passenger vehicle, unfit for road use.
PAS-FIT means passenger vehicle, fit for road use.
i actually have 2 ownerships for 240sx’s on the desk in front of me, one is PAS-FIT one is PAS-UNF.
anything you have a question about?