Q: Does my mother's cousin have any legal rights to my car or money from me?
My mother gave me a car in feb she passed away in April, her cousin says she got a loan from him of $5000 with car as collateral with signed statement in dec. The car is registered and insured in my name with a clean title.
A: No, you didn't have any notice of a claim anyone such as your mother's cousin had on the car. So the cousin has no right against you. If the cousin had either notified you, perfected her lien by recording the signed statement, or insisted that the cousin be named on the title as lienholder, that would be a different story.
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