Jwade, can you tell us more about the Montana titles? When you say you are getting them signed over, it sounds as though they are issued by the State to GP and then you are doing a dealer assignment to the buyer? Does it have a section for addition transfers, and do you have to be a dealer to reassign it to someone else? Or is the Montana title issued in the name of the buyer? (I picked up my M1038 in NC about a month ago, and paid for Florida Title, which I suppose will be MT now.)
I was talking with my County Clerk here in Kentucky today about getting my off-road title soon; she mentioned that a letter was issued to all of the County Clerks by the State Div. of Motor Vehicle Licensing. As of May 17, 2016, the Commonwealth of Kentucky "is not titling OR registering these vehicles (HUMVEES) for individual use". We made a call to Frankfort and they confirmed that not even off-road titles will be issued. If the MT title cannot be converted into a KY off-road title, then maybe it is better to just get the SF-97 and bill of sale? If I wanted to sell it at some point, I would then just make another Bill of Sale and pass along the SF-97?
It sounds as though bringing a HMMWV into KY with either an on-road or off-road title from another state could be a problem if you want a title or registration...the DMV letter says "HUMVEES are designated as OFF-ROAD vehicles and as such cannot be registered." If anyone is thinking of that, you might want to check into it first to avoid disappointment.
Thanks, Chris