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Robert Baty has probably had more influence on the stories on this blog than anyone. We first bonded over our interest in Kent Hovind’s adventures and moved on to the clergy housing exclusion. He is all over the most recent Hovind lawsuits and has provided me with a guest post.
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The Jeep – Can It Be This Simple ?
by Robert Baty
January 1, 2026
Kent Hovind, Paul John Hansen, and Leon Wayne Redder recently submitted a document to the federal district court in Alabama which purported to be “for the record”, a COMPLAINT against various individuals, businesses, and government entities. It presents itself as being a frivolous “sovereign citizen” sort of thing such as has been commonly promulgated by the likes of Kent Hovind and Paul John Hansen (Mr. Redder not being particularly relevant to this article).
At this point, it appears unnecessary to address the legal frivolities of the document or most of the factual claims. At the heart of the matter, it seems to me, is Paul John Hansen’s claim that his Jeep was stolen and he can’t get it back. There was a police stop and the vehicle ultimately wound up being towed and stored, where it apparently remains. The police stop involved a driver other than Hansen or Hovind who had taken the Jeep off of Hovind’s 145-acre compound near Lenox, AL.
The following screenshot taken from Paul John Hansen’s website will, I think, explain in large part why it is that Hansen could not demonstrate he’s the legal owner of the vehicle.
The document Hansen and Hovind filed is full of frivolities consistent with what is commonly described as a “sovereign citizen” approach to the law. In order to get around his problem, Hansen seems to admit that he submitted false/misleading/fake documents in order to appease authorities and get the vehicle, but nothing worked. Curiously, Hansen did submit with the COMPLAINT a copy of a Florida vehicle title document for the Jeep that he thinks establishes that he is the owner and should be given the Jeep. Copies of other alleged submission to try to prove ownership were not submitted with the COMPLAINT.
Does the title document prove Hansen the owner?
I think not!
Let’s look at it below. I’ve included a blank title document with entries from Hansen’s document for clarity.
A number of things might be considered suspect in that title document, but I’ll try to keep it simple. I’m going with the others that told Hansen he didn’t prove his ownership (the entries might even be altered).
The simple conclusion, according to what my friend Ai told me today, is that Hansen has no title document with the vehicle registered in his name. If Hansen bought the vehicle from Mr. Avery (who may have actually sold it to Hovind earlier or donated it to Hovind and Hovind also never registered it in his name), a clock started running and time ran out for him to register the vehicle in his name and get a title in his name as opposed to the suspect document above. So, in keeping with his stated practice of not registering vehicles, Hansen is not the legal owner of the Jeep and the Jeep was properly withheld from him.
I think that is it.
I am going with the suggested facts, Hansen is not the legal, registered owner, by his own admissions.
Hansen is not entitled to the Jeep.
What do you think?
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According to Alabama state law, the owners and secretary at K2 Towing, where the jeep has been stored since my husband got pulled over in it l,vhave not withheld the vehicle from Hansen& Hovind, due to just the lack of a legal title.. they will not relinquish the vehicle without the title & the tow fee. The money that they are rightfully owed for the vehicle.They are in the business of towing vehicles, not to make friends but to make money. But there are laws they have to adhere to so therefore there are laws that every consumer has to adhere to. Neither side is allowed to do what they want. IF YOU CANT OROVE OWNERSHIP YOU DONT GET THE VEHICLE! ITS JUST THAT SIMPLE!
Paul’s argument with Mark is that he (Mark) , is legally obligated to pay the tow fee & storage fees, which has to be paid along with presentation of the title to prove ownership, in order for Paul to get the Jeep back. But from day one when Mark showed interest in that vehicle, he got insurance on it, drove it & was going to get a tag for it. ll that could be found in the glove box of the jeep was a ” bill of sale. Hovind knew Mark was driving the vehicle, no doubt about it! Because it was inoperable, , the jeep had just been sitting there for at least 2 years.
Fast forward to when Mark started working for Hovind……
Hovind asked Mark to look at the jeep to see if he could fix it.He (Kent) had intended on using on his tours at DAL. Mark advised him against that because a Jeep Laredo is way different than a Jeep Wrangler. It’s not even a four wheel drive vehicle. So Mark told Hovind he would like to buy the Jeep. Of course Hovind agreed but never mentioned that there wasn’t a legal title! Still, Mark was in the process of buying the Jeep when he got pulled over in it . no one ever told him that he did not have permission to drive the jeep off of DAL property. Prior to Mark getting pulled over in the vehicle he came and met me at least three times in the Jeep. In order to get out of DAL you had to pass right in front of Hovind’s house. There’s no way he didn’t know Mark was driving that vehicle off the property!
No one has been served as it states in the document. I called the owner of K2 & asked her. I went to Creola PD to speak with officer Pitts but he was not on duty. Dispatch said no one has been there to attempt to serve Officer Pitts either. All throughout that document are lies, lies & more lies. Paul Hansen thinks he can do what he wants because if his outlandish beliefs as far a state & federal laws are concerned. He’s crazy! There is no wrong doing on anyone’s part listed on that document except for Hovind and Paul Hanson! for filing false documents. No one conspired to do anything either, except Hansen & Hovind! This is a case of a simple traffic stop. Where normal protocol was followed. The jeep got towed, ownership can’t be established so no one gets the Jeep! Period! Hansen is mad because he got caught at his own game! And ain’t it funny that it’s Hansen & Hovind against everyone else? Isn’t that how they got in trouble last time? As far as the Leon guy is concerned, I don’t know all of the details on that but as I see it, he should have made better choices. There was never 8400$ taken of his money. The money that was seized belonged to Mark. He won it at Windcreek the night before he got arrested. I was with him when he won it. One situation has nothing to do with the other but yet Hansen continues to lie for his own personal benefit! Notice that he stands to gain the most out of this bogus lawsuit! He don’t have a legal leg to stand on nor does he even have a dog in this fight! He’s a moron! And that’s me being polite!