@BobCross I know you're fairly experienced with cars and I know you happen to live in RI, where I am, so I'm wondering if you happen to know whether the bill of sale has to be notarized in RI when you're buying a used car from an individual?
everything i've read online tells me RI does not, including specific, complete lists of which states require notarization, and the DMV site doesn't mention it, but one or two people I know have said they believe it's required