Q: My father inherited a car from my uncle who died. He tried to get it titled and DMV came to house & police repossessed i
Car was bought for $4000 and there was a another witness when transaction took place, but when my uncle died his fiance couldn't find the title. Married woman was selling car and it turns out she was getting divorced and it was not going well. When husband found out apparently he reported car as stolen. My father called the DMV and they walked him through process to get a new title. 3 months later he got a letter to go to an inspection station and a DMV employee would inspect car to make sure it was the correct vin to issue a new title.(this is done on salvage in NY also) Car is really rough and does not run so he called back and they said they could stop by and check it out. He told him it had multiple tarps on it and was covered with snow and ice and he could wait till spring, but they persisted. He left work to go to his house and multiple cars from the DMV and state police showed up. They seized car. What recourse does he have? They said insurance company owns it now.
A: None. He never owned the car, and he knew it since he had no title.
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