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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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