Q: Trading a car even with private party
My husband and I traded a car even from a private party. They guy said it was a clean title to the car so before exchanging titles we made sure everything matched up with the car (title has no lean holder on it) My husband went to register it at the court house and was told it was the wrong title number and there was another title To the car and that there was a lean on the car also. So we have called the place where they got the loan at and they just got the loan on the car in the last 30 days because they haven’t even made the first payment. We need help on how to go about this since this is supposed to be my daily and now it just sits in the yard unable to register it.
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A: Your seller has ripped you off. Contact him and demand he pay off the title loan and get you a good title. If not, you sue him in General Sessions for breach of contract and conversion. I do not believe there are criminal violations here, but you might call the Sheriff. Recission and return of the cars as ordered by the Court would work here.
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