Stolen Car??

[nickg1988]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TX....I bought me(in my name) a car to save gas and I told my girlfriend she can use it to look for a job.....well I came home yesterday and her stuff is gone and so is the car. What can I do to get my car back?

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TX....I bought me(in my name) a car to save gas and I told my girlfriend she can use it to look for a job.....well I came home yesterday and her stuff is gone and so is the car. What can I do to get my car back?

Call her and give her a chance to return the car. If she does not do so, report it to the police and your insurance company as stolen.

Is there any way that she could have believed that it was a gift?

 

[nickg1988]

Call her and give her a chance to return the car. If she does not do so, report it to the police and your insurance company as stolen.

Is there any way that she could have believed that it was a gift?

No gift**************.I told her she can drive it to look for work and she can use it if she got a job and until she saved money to get her own car

she turned her phone off.

 

[Zigner]

Call her and give her a chance to return the car. If she does not do so, report it to the police and your insurance company as stolen.

Is there any way that she could have believed that it was a gift?

OP allowed the GF to use the car...this is not a stolen car.

 

[nickg1988]

OP allowed the GF to use the car...this is not a stolen car.

she only had permission to use it to look for a job.

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

OP allowed the GF to use the car...this is not a stolen car.

Just as one can allow someone to use one's property, one can also take away permission. Of course it's a stolen car.

 

[Zigner]

Just as one can allow someone to use one's property, one can also take away permission. Of course it's a stolen car.

Uh-uh. She had permission to use the car. It's a civil matter. It's not a "stolen" car. Sure, this may be conversion of some sort...but it's not auto theft.

 

[Zigner]

she only had permission to use it to look for a job.

Maybe she's looking for a job?

 

[CdwJava]

It's not auto "theft," per se, but it can still be reported as embezzled. I can't speak as to the status of this law in TX, but this should be reportable as a crime. It might take a few days before they can enter it in to SVS as a stolen vehicle, but the police will likely investigate.

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

Uh-uh. She had permission to use the car. It's a civil matter. It's not a "stolen" car. Sure, this may be conversion of some sort...but it's not auto theft.

I bow to your zero days of practicing law.

OP, please note the above sentence and follow the correct advice to contact the police.

 

[Zigner]

I bow to your zero days of practicing law.

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[CdwJava]

I bow to your zero days of practicing law.

Well, Zigner's correct in that it is not actually theft as it was not unlawfully taken from another. It was loaned and not returned, that can be embezzlement if not theft. TX law may be more on point - or more vague - on the issue, but it is certainly worth having the police look into it as it is almost certainly a crime - even if not auto "theft."

 

[Zigner]

Well, Zigner's correct in that it is not actually theft as it was not unlawfully taken from another. It was loaned and not returned, that can be embezzlement if not theft. TX law may be more on point - or more vague - on the issue, but it is certainly worth having the police look into it as it is almost certainly a crime - even if not auto "theft."

I'm still going with conversion

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

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Yes, I know one doesn't have to be a lawyer to post here. Your sometimes horrendous advice makes it clear you're in that population.

 

[LeeHarveyBlotto]

Well, Zigner's correct in that it is not actually theft as it was not unlawfully taken from another. It was loaned and not returned, that can be embezzlement if not theft. TX law may be more on point - or more vague - on the issue, but it is certainly worth having the police look into it as it is almost certainly a crime - even if not auto "theft."

Yes, he could be factually correct, right up to the time he stated that it was a civil matter. That was incorrect and does a disservice to the OP.