Is there a way to fix title issues after buying a car in Utah?
take the old or current title to the D.M.V. explain what happened and how to fix. they will give you a worksheet. do what’s instructed, then get a new, duplicate title. you have to pay for the fees. the idea is the same world wide, with some changes by local law.
Can I sell a abandoned car with no title?
Technically, no. If a vehicle is not in your name, then it is not legally yours to sell.That doesn’t mean you can’t sell it; you’ll just be breaking the law.Depending on what state you are in, you’ll have different options. Look up your state’s statutes on abandoned vehicles. Many states won’t allow you to get a title for an abandoned vehicle, but some states might. Good luck.
My car got towed and now the fine and storage is more than the value of the car. Can I negotiate with the towing company to lower the storage charge?
There are two different components here that you need to separate, the fine and the tow company fees. Being a tough guy/gal is not going to help you with this situation.Worst scenario - DO NOTHING. You don’t pay the storage fees or the fines, then the tow company can file a mechanics lien and sell your vehicle to cover your bill. You will still be on the hook to pay the fine and any excess fees. So the tow company now owns your car, you still owe them money (which hits your credit rating), and the government still wants their money so has a bench warrant out for your arrest.Best scenario - TALK WITH EVERYONE. Go to the tow company with the cash you have and plead for mercy. Crying, bringing along babies, etc, will all help your cause. Tow companies tend to be small businesses and though they have a tough job and have to be tough guys, they can be swayed. They would rather take the money they can get over selling your car and all the hassle that goes with that anyways. Once you get your car back, same thing with the fines. Go to court, talk with the DA, beg for some help.The trick with negotiating from a position of weakness is to allow yourself to be vulnerable and ask for help. Good luck![The landlord for my garage owns a towing company, and we have to file liens on vehicles that are abandoned by customers who don’t want to / can’t afford to pay for repairs]
Is it illegal to sell other people's stuff without their consent?
Unless you have some legal basis to take and sell someone’s property, then it is illegal. Let me give you a for instance. You won a verdict in small claims court in the amount of $1000. The person won’t pay you the money. As a result, you work your way through the court system and follow the proper procedures for a sheriff’s sale of some of the person’s property. The sheriff, with the appropriate authority from the court, is allowed to seize the person’s property, their car for example, and sell it. The sheriff would then give you the $1000 plus any appropriate court costs, fees and interests, take their own fees from the sale, and give whatever amount is left over to the original owner of the car. This is a legally acceptable way to sell someone else’s property.There are other laws which will allow you to sell another person’s property. For example, a mechanic’s lien, would allow a mechanic to sell a car left on their property with money owing, after a certain period of time and after following certain procedures.A landlord may be able to sell property after a person has moved out and after a certain period of time has passed.If you leave your property at a friend’s house for a long enough period of time, it may be considered abandoned, at which point your friend could sell it.In all of these cases, it is critical that you follow your jurisdiction’s law properly. If you fail to do so, you can end up in quite a lot of trouble.Regardless of the above, you cannot just randomly take someone’s property and sell it.Let’s say your friend leaves their phone at your house one day. You grab the phone and sell it on eBay. You tell your friend that they didn’t actually leave the phone there. Your actions violate the law and your now ex-friend can sue you for the value of the phone.Let’s change my hypo a bit. Your friend owes you $250. They are being slow about paying you back. It has been months. They forget their phone. You sell it for $500. You keep $250 and give them $250. You aren’t allowed to do that either.So, in most cases, you cannot just sell someone else’s property. You have to have a specific legal basis to do so.This is general law for the US. I cannot speak to other countries.
What do I do if I can't afford to get my vehicle out of impound?
If you don’t want the car and don’t need anything out of it you can just leave it with them, depending on it’s value they will eventually obtain Garage Lien papers and offer it for sale or if it’s value is too low they will sell it to a savage yard for it’s scrap value (usually $100–$500 depending on the price of metal at the time) Most towers will not pursue the charges with you but some do. Be careful, if your license plates are still on the car and the state that the car is registered in requires that you return them then you should discuss this with the Police and see if they will give you the plates or a suitable receipt for DMV. It can hurt to talk to the tow operator, depending on the cars value they may negotiate the charges or accept the title in lieu of the charges.
How do you sell a car that is not in your own name?
You will have to get the named person or persons on the title to sign the title. Then you can sell the car as your own. It will be like you bought the car yourself from them, whether you actually paid them or not.You can also sell the car if you have a power of attorney from the owner(s) for that purpose. Also, if you are the executor of a deceased person’s will. The exact mechanisms of these two will vary by state, in the US.Caveat: If you have a title that has been signed by the owner, legally you are supposed to title that car in your name, paying the fees and taxes due to the state before you resell the car - IF you do not have a car dealer’s license. By skipping this step you are defrauding the state of their tax dollars. It’s called skip titling. It is done all the time, but it is actually illegal.If you are actually acting as the owner’s agent in selling the car, then you wouldn’t be skip titling. In that case, it would be best to simply have the final sale meeting with the owner(s) and the buyer(s) so the owner can sign the title over to the buyer. As a buyer, I won’t buy a car from someone whose name isn’t on the title, though there are many people who will.
Who is the responsible party to pay the impound fees when you have a vehicle stolen, recovered by the police, and impounded to a private in-pound yard?
In most places in the USA if it is in a private yard the victim (owner of vehicle) gets stuck with the fees. If the owner has towing on their insurance policy the insurance company may pay for it. The insurance company may also find a way to weasel out of paying for it. If they do pay for it the owner’s insurance rates will go up. This is one of the many injustices built into the legal system.IF the perpetrator is caught you could try to go to small claims court to get the money back but you’ll have to prepare the paperwork, pay the court fees up front, and take time off of work to show-up in court. Then you’ll have to hope the perpetrator shows-up for court, prove that perpetrator did it, and if successful hope the perpetrator actually complies with the order and pays you back. If not then you’ll spend more money to try to force them to pay. However, you can’t get water from a dry well or money from a perpetrator that doesn’t have any, and if the perp is going to jail he’ll have no way to earn that money either.Long story short the private impound lot benefits from a stolen vehicle and the victim gets victimized twice (once from the original theft and then from the law enforcement agency and private company that impounded the vehicle once it was located).