Ok, i got a title 42 from the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Which to my understanding is a mechanics lean. Its says we owe $34,500 if we want our car back otherwise it is going to sale.
A little background on the car, it was purchased by my grandfather a month after i was born. He was going to make it his new show car so he sent to to a guy to have it restored. Well after my grandfather had givin him the money to restore it the man basically disappeared along with the car. My grandfather was searching for him and the car when he became ill and past away. Not much was really done about it after that since all searches came up nill.
Anyways today i went to pick up the mail and had a letter from the OTC as stated above. I talked to my grandmother who is in her 80s and we went though the files and i found the title and registration. She gave me power of attorney over the car.
Now to my question how do i go about getting the car back? Its legally mine and i have the title! Can he make me pay for all this work that he claims he has done to get my car back? Can i go repo the car since it is legally mine? I'm going to go to the town where it is located tomorrow and try to find it and talk to a attorney. But i would like to know my rights and if anyone has been in a situation like this before.
I spoke with the guy that has the car and he basically lied to me several times about how he came about the car and what shape it was in when he got it. He said he bought the car in 94 and has been working on it since then. So i asked him why he never registered and he couldn't give me an straight answer. He waited a supposed 13 years and just now tried to title it. He also informed me that the man he bought it from said he bought it from an elderly sick man. So i think he was basically waiting to get it registered in hope the owner would be dead and gone.
So basically he bough the car illegally then waited 13 years to try and register it. Even went so far as to put a different tag on it so he could drive it. The whole thing seems very shady to me at this point. He bought the car with no title cant remember who he bought it from!
How do i go about getting the car back?
He has no title, he has no contract with me to do any work to it so i cant be charged for any work he has supposedly done.
I have pictures of the car in hopes that he cant strip the car before i get it back which is certainly a fear of mine!
A little background on the car, it was purchased by my grandfather a month after i was born. He was going to make it his new show car so he sent to to a guy to have it restored. Well after my grandfather had givin him the money to restore it the man basically disappeared along with the car. My grandfather was searching for him and the car when he became ill and past away. Not much was really done about it after that since all searches came up nill.
Anyways today i went to pick up the mail and had a letter from the OTC as stated above. I talked to my grandmother who is in her 80s and we went though the files and i found the title and registration. She gave me power of attorney over the car.
Now to my question how do i go about getting the car back? Its legally mine and i have the title! Can he make me pay for all this work that he claims he has done to get my car back? Can i go repo the car since it is legally mine? I'm going to go to the town where it is located tomorrow and try to find it and talk to a attorney. But i would like to know my rights and if anyone has been in a situation like this before.
I spoke with the guy that has the car and he basically lied to me several times about how he came about the car and what shape it was in when he got it. He said he bought the car in 94 and has been working on it since then. So i asked him why he never registered and he couldn't give me an straight answer. He waited a supposed 13 years and just now tried to title it. He also informed me that the man he bought it from said he bought it from an elderly sick man. So i think he was basically waiting to get it registered in hope the owner would be dead and gone.
So basically he bough the car illegally then waited 13 years to try and register it. Even went so far as to put a different tag on it so he could drive it. The whole thing seems very shady to me at this point. He bought the car with no title cant remember who he bought it from!
How do i go about getting the car back?
He has no title, he has no contract with me to do any work to it so i cant be charged for any work he has supposedly done.
I have pictures of the car in hopes that he cant strip the car before i get it back which is certainly a fear of mine!