What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Minnesota
I just found this site by accident and thought maybe someone might provide insight into something I overlooked. My case is as follows:
One year ago I purchased a car on Craigslist that was in need of serious repair for $300. It was represented by a guy claiming to be the husband of a lady who owned the car. I now suspect he was just a boyfriend. When I bought the car, I found out she lost the title and just needed to get a duplicate title. I took her at her word and agreed to buy the car with a bill of sale filled out. Figured she could get the duplicate title in the time it took me to fix the car. I fixed the car at my expense and still no title. I was given the run around that the lady was busy working long hours and never had time. Long story short, I came to find out there was an active lien on the car, I found out who the lien holder was despite her telling me the lien wasn't in her name and the lien holder was someone else. The DMV slipped up and gave me the actual lien holder when I presented them with the lien holder she gave me. I called them and found out the loan was in collections. Lady still insisted she knew nothing about the lien.
Finally got sick of it and filed for small claims court. Had first appearance in August 2015. She was a no show. She had the case reopened on the day before the deadline for having the judgement transcribed from August. Court again in December 2015 and she showed up. Now she gave me yet another lien holder, might be the same umbrella company, but I can't find anything online. She told me the title loan was taken out by her ex-husband without her knowledge. I was dumb enough to give it a couple more months with promises that we would go to the Attorney General's office to see if the title loan in the first place was legal since it wasn't her who took the loan out. She also claimed the original loan was for 1200 and now owes more than 4k on it. The loan may qualify as too high of interest which the Attorney General could also help with. Lady has not moved one inch toward resolving this.
My next court date is in two weeks. I'm going to ask for compensation for my investment, time and labor, and lost wages (from attending court 3 times). I bought the car for 300, put 1200 into fixing it, 50 to 60 hours of labor and now the car is worth 2500 as a low mileage clean car. The judge had suggested that the lady could also ask the lien holder to take some other form of collateral as well as suggested filing suit against the ex. I have all communications (texts only, she wouldn't answer my calls) and original Craigslist post, receipts, bill of sale, before and after pics. I know what she did is illegal to sell a car with a lien, so the law is on my side. Any suggestions on pursuing this that gets this done faster, angles I should look at, or things I should consider? Any advice would be appreciated.
I just found this site by accident and thought maybe someone might provide insight into something I overlooked. My case is as follows:
One year ago I purchased a car on Craigslist that was in need of serious repair for $300. It was represented by a guy claiming to be the husband of a lady who owned the car. I now suspect he was just a boyfriend. When I bought the car, I found out she lost the title and just needed to get a duplicate title. I took her at her word and agreed to buy the car with a bill of sale filled out. Figured she could get the duplicate title in the time it took me to fix the car. I fixed the car at my expense and still no title. I was given the run around that the lady was busy working long hours and never had time. Long story short, I came to find out there was an active lien on the car, I found out who the lien holder was despite her telling me the lien wasn't in her name and the lien holder was someone else. The DMV slipped up and gave me the actual lien holder when I presented them with the lien holder she gave me. I called them and found out the loan was in collections. Lady still insisted she knew nothing about the lien.
Finally got sick of it and filed for small claims court. Had first appearance in August 2015. She was a no show. She had the case reopened on the day before the deadline for having the judgement transcribed from August. Court again in December 2015 and she showed up. Now she gave me yet another lien holder, might be the same umbrella company, but I can't find anything online. She told me the title loan was taken out by her ex-husband without her knowledge. I was dumb enough to give it a couple more months with promises that we would go to the Attorney General's office to see if the title loan in the first place was legal since it wasn't her who took the loan out. She also claimed the original loan was for 1200 and now owes more than 4k on it. The loan may qualify as too high of interest which the Attorney General could also help with. Lady has not moved one inch toward resolving this.
My next court date is in two weeks. I'm going to ask for compensation for my investment, time and labor, and lost wages (from attending court 3 times). I bought the car for 300, put 1200 into fixing it, 50 to 60 hours of labor and now the car is worth 2500 as a low mileage clean car. The judge had suggested that the lady could also ask the lien holder to take some other form of collateral as well as suggested filing suit against the ex. I have all communications (texts only, she wouldn't answer my calls) and original Craigslist post, receipts, bill of sale, before and after pics. I know what she did is illegal to sell a car with a lien, so the law is on my side. Any suggestions on pursuing this that gets this done faster, angles I should look at, or things I should consider? Any advice would be appreciated.
