Q: COVID made it impossible to pay $1200 so we were told to leave. Can they put a lien on our car without a court order?
It wasn't a lease or anything it was either to pay or leave and due to COVID we had to leave because we lost out on money. They threatened to call authorities and have our car repossessed unless we paid and put a lien and take our car. Is that possible without a court order?
A: This doesn't sound like a personal injury matter. Sounds more like a landlord/tenant issue in which you were given 3 days to pay the $1200 rent OR vacate the premises. If you failed to pay and had to be evicted, it's possible, depending on the lease you claim to not have, that you'd be trespassing and if that's so, then you would have no right to keep your car on their property. The car would not be repossessed, but it would be towed to a storage yard If you failed to remove it) and the tow company would then have a lien on your car. No court required.
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