QUESTION
What can I do if my car was sold by previous owner?
Asked on Feb 12th, 2014 on Litigation - Florida
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A close family friend gave me a car. Although I ask her why she would do that and told her I couldn't accept it, she insisted and proclaimed, "You deserve it. You are down on your luck right now. I don't need it and it is just sitting there. You and I both know I don't need the money. I want to do this. I want to bless you. Let me do this." I was so overwhelmed and I had fallen on my luck with the help of others. I accepted the car and that very evening she handed me the keys and the title. She visited with me until 4:45 am as she had been helping me move. I take possession of the car only to learn a couple of months later she sold it out from under me and sent her son and some strange man over to my residence to pick it up. This is so illegal as it was no longer hers to sell. The car now belonged to me. Is there anything legally I can do about this?
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Ronald A. Steinberg
It is not illegal. If you made some change in your life based upon the gift and her reneging on the gift caused you some serious harm, you might be able to sue, but I cannot think of any other way for you to act?
Answered on Mar 03rd, 2014 at 4:38 PM
Edwin K. Niles
Did you transfer title into your name? If not, you have a problem.
Answered on Feb 24th, 2014 at 7:08 PM
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Did you transfer the title into your name??
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:45 AM
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Whoever has the title is the owner. You said she gave you the title. Later you said she gave the title to someone else. Make up your mind, which is it?
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:45 AM
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Okay, so she handed you the title. Did she sign it over to you? Did you register title in your name with the DMV? If no, then it was just a loan. If title was transferred to you, then it became your car and she had no right to sell it. You can sue the guy who took it and he can sue your ex-friend.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:45 AM
James Eugene Hasser
If you were the title owner at the time she sold the car, she cannot sell what she does not own. Good luck.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:44 AM
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Not if she did not sign title over to you. You say she gave you title, but somehow sold the car. Not possible. Whoever has title in their name owns the car.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:44 AM
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Did she sign the title over to you and did you take it to tax collector to have it registered in your name? If not, the DMV still had title in her name and she could get a duplicate title and sell it.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2014 at 10:43 AM