Hello, here is the situation. Right by my house there used to be a
junk yard which was closed down by the city about ten years ago, and
all the cars were removed, or so people thought. I happen to go back
there yesterday and happen to find a 1970something Camaro that hasn't
been thouched for years. There is a little house on the property, and
someone used to live there but about four years ago the person died
and nobody has been there since. That car is just going to waste I
presume and I would love to take that car in and take care of it. How
should I go about doing that legally and hopefully obtain a MA state
title for that vehicle.

You need to find out who owns the property through the County Records,
then contact the party and offer to tow the vehicle off the property
for free. They just might say yes. In any event, that's where you
start.

I am pretty sure whomever owns the property is deceased, but there
might be a distant relative, and if I give him a call telling him he
has an old Camaro on the property he propably won't be too willing to
just give it up.

I'm not a lawyer. For legal advice, consult with an attorney.

Yes, Sentraracr03, the relative probably wouldn't release the property
if you told them they had a Camaro (or maybe a piece of the property--
you might want to look into that after you read the rest) that they
have a right to.

Assuming you find the actual heir(s), you would need to get a release
of property rights from them. You could do this by telling them "You
have a right to a piece of property somewhere in the United States.
I'm not gonna tell you where it is, but if you sign this release
giving me the right to your share of the property, I will pay you X
amount of dollars." You might want to put in the release that the
property right does not exceed a certain amount. Be honest.

You would need to get such releases from every single heir. Missing
even one would jeopardize your property right. Keep in mind how your
state sets order of inheritance rights.

Talk to a lawyer about this first. I was interested in a car whose
owner died (in DC) and was unable to get around the local laws
regarding such property (DC required the car be impounded, notices
sent to heirs, if any, and the car sold at auction if not claimed by
them).

I have a friend who researched real property on... hm, not important
where, but it is a lovely, ridiculously-expensive-to-live-on island in
the Northeast... and identified a number of pieces that seemed to have
no heirs. He spent several years tracing the lineage of the former
owners, found their descendants, paid them a few hundred dollars each
to sign quitclaims and got the properties. It was grueling work and
all done before the internet.

He made a couple of million dollars and kept one of the properties for himself.