What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California, Los Angeles County
I bought a car from a coworker, we will call him Bob. Bob had the vehicle financed through a friend of his, we will call him Fred of Fred’s Finance
I bought the car around March 30th 2009.
When I bought the car on March 30th, I was told that Bob had to pay off Fred’s Finance to get the title. I got a bill of sale.
After a couple days, Bob told me that Fred’s Financial lost the title.
I contacted Fred at Fred’s Financial after a couple days (from the phone number that was put down for him on the application for duplicate title) and Fred told me that the loan was paid off and that Fred’s Financial had lost the title.
Bob has told me that he has gone down to Fred’s Financial to try to get the Application for Duplicate Title notarized (as required by DMV) by Fred’s Financial.
Bob took me to AAA to try to get it transferred without the notarized paper, but it didn't work. It just put me as the registered owner, and that the title is missing but getting worked on. I paid all taxes and fees to DMV.
A week after that, Bob had me fax all the documents I had to Fred’s Financial because they "had a guy that took care of all the DMV paperwork and he would get it transferred".
Still to this day, nothing has been done. I have had a couple Deputy Sheriff's run the license plate to see if it anything else has been done, but nothing else has.
Daily I ask Bob what's going on, and Bob says "I don't know. I'll try to get a hold of Fred"
What can I do to get the title to my vehicle or have Fred’s Financial notarize the “Application for Duplicate Title” so I can go to the DMV and get a new title??
I bought a car from a coworker, we will call him Bob. Bob had the vehicle financed through a friend of his, we will call him Fred of Fred’s Finance
I bought the car around March 30th 2009.
When I bought the car on March 30th, I was told that Bob had to pay off Fred’s Finance to get the title. I got a bill of sale.
After a couple days, Bob told me that Fred’s Financial lost the title.
I contacted Fred at Fred’s Financial after a couple days (from the phone number that was put down for him on the application for duplicate title) and Fred told me that the loan was paid off and that Fred’s Financial had lost the title.
Bob has told me that he has gone down to Fred’s Financial to try to get the Application for Duplicate Title notarized (as required by DMV) by Fred’s Financial.
Bob took me to AAA to try to get it transferred without the notarized paper, but it didn't work. It just put me as the registered owner, and that the title is missing but getting worked on. I paid all taxes and fees to DMV.
A week after that, Bob had me fax all the documents I had to Fred’s Financial because they "had a guy that took care of all the DMV paperwork and he would get it transferred".
Still to this day, nothing has been done. I have had a couple Deputy Sheriff's run the license plate to see if it anything else has been done, but nothing else has.
Daily I ask Bob what's going on, and Bob says "I don't know. I'll try to get a hold of Fred"
What can I do to get the title to my vehicle or have Fred’s Financial notarize the “Application for Duplicate Title” so I can go to the DMV and get a new title??