While selling your vehicle; any circumstances?

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: While selling your vehicle; any circumstances?

I am deployed. Signed the title over for my family to sell. I never drove it cause had another car. So didnt keep insurance on it and cause I was trying to sell it. The car was stolen and in a wreck. The driver was never found. Officer threatened to issue a warrant for not having insurance on that car. Im deployed and cant have that. Whats the worst they can charge me with for no insurance. Any way to fight it regarding the circumstances?

Tman

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:11 am Post subject:

Since the car was stolen and was wrecked, I suppose that you have filed a report of burglary with the local police station. And, hence, I suppose you don't have the liability for the damages done by the driver. However, if you mention your state of residence, we may look into the state laws for more information.

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:12 am Post subject:

Driving without insurance is certainly a felony in some states of America and depending upon your state laws you may receive tickets or may face a jail term for driving without coverage. Some states may even impound your vehicle if you're stopped without the proof of financial responsibility. However, the fact that the car was stolen when it was wrecked do add a twist in the situation and also since you were not driving the vehicle when it met its fate. I'd wait for the experts to drop into this thread. Just hang tight mate, the help is on its way. ~Jeremy

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:57 am Post subject:

I'm sorry Tman this is bs with a captial B....if that car was setting and not being driven you don't have to have ins on it...well maybe in your state if it was licensed...but here's the thing IF you had more insurance on that car than any other car in America...there still would be no coverage! Ins. companys do not cover the damage caused by a car theif..period...end of story...and besides that if you signed the title over to your family it's not your car legally and is their responsibility! Is there any indication that someone in your family drove that car? How was it stolen? with a key? or column busted? _________________ "Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way." Martin Luther King Jr.

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

Lori hit it dead on. If you signed the title over, you do not own the car. Your parents own the car. Your parents will be "issued a warrant" for not having insurance. It is not your car. End of story. _________________ Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - Ferris Bueller