CA - Sold Car in collision

[Ktharitic0219]

Hi, I currently live in California as a collage student and sold my car as it was an old junker that wasn't working anymore. I removed the insurance on it and tried to file the release of liability form online but it didn't confirm due to site issues which I was unaware of until much later. A month later the new driver of the car got into a collision and acquired several parking tickets (Which I have paid or mitigated) and now the other drivers insurance company is contacting me about his claim.

I resubmitted the liability form and double checked it but the damage is done now.

I don't own nearly anything or have money stored away that I can use so what can I do about this? I don't know if the new driver had insurance or not and I'm unsure what to expect when I talk to the company so any advice would be really appreciated.

 

[justalayman]

So, of course you have a copy of the dated receipt you provided the buyer with, right?

 

[Ktharitic0219]

So, of course you have a copy of the dated receipt you provided the buyer with, right?

Yes I do. Although that person turned around and sold it immediately as his name isn't on the claim.

 

[adjusterjack]

You didn't fill in the buyer's name on the title when you sold it?

 

[Ktharitic0219]

You didn't fill in the buyer's name on the title when you sold it?

He filled out his name and information on the title when I sold it but the first and last name of the person who is on the claim don't match up with the man I sold it too. This is why I assume he sold it to someone else and it wasn't stolen.

 

[justalayman]

So the question is/ if the title was transferred, twice no less, why are they contacting you now?

 

[Ktharitic0219]

So the question is/ if the title was transferred, twice no less, why are they contacting you now?

Well I'd guess its because my release of liability wasn't successfully filed until after I was aware that the car had gathered up several parking tickets and gotten into a crash. I had fully thought it had gone through until I received those parking tickets in the mail.