Q: The police helped someone steal my car
My car was impounded for not being registered. I had a moving permit when I was pulled over but he still impounded my car. I bought the car from a guy who had never registered the car in his name. He had just bought the car from a lien sale a few days before I bought it from him. He gave me all the paperwork from the lien sale and the bill of sale. He gave me all the info of the registered owner with his address. So when I was pulled over I gave the officer all the paperwork I had and I explained the situation to him. But when he gave me the ticket it showed the guy I bought the car from as the registered owner. I told the officer that he was not the registered owner I gave him the paperwork with the actual registered owners info he just said your going to have to figure that out with pd. Aug 10 my car was impounded. The dmv said that the guy that sold me the car had no interest in the car until Aug 17 when he registered the car in his name then picked the car up and is trying to sell
A: Get yourself a good lawyer, someone who knows civil rights cases. There are many such good lawyers in your area.
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