Need some help on vechicle ownership

[JohnJohn86]

I bought this 91 Toyota Cressida last year and sold it 3 weeks after I got it. I never got a change to register the car under my name and sold the car with the old pink slip I got from the previous owner.

Today in the mail I got a notice for a parking ticket and I got a notice from the police saying the car was towed.

I don't have any information of the guy I sold it to. Do I have to pay for this ticket and all the towing fees? What else can I do?

Any advice would be great, thx!

[DRavenS13]

Do you have any receipts saying you sold the car?

BTW- that was an extremely dumb thing to do. IMO.

[nassin31spr]

If the buyer has no receipt for the purchase of the car then go get it and pay the fines and re sell it.

[trybal]

^^ yup, apparently its your car now, if he didn't register it. And if he doesn't pay the fines to get it out, it should be your car.

[s13gold]

you're responsible for the ticket.
after you sell a car, you're automatically supposed to transfer liablility. for this reason exactly.

* this can be done online.

and to transfer it, you need the miles, cost, and the buyers AND sellers info.

[DUFFM4N]

the same thing happened when i sold one of my old CRXs...the new owner didnt register the car in his name right away, he had gotten the car impounded and i recieved a letter in the mail saying that all i had to do was pay $200 and i could get the car back....

LEGALLY...u CAN pay for the ticket/towning and take the car back, because it is the new owners responsibility to register the car in his name ASAP (what you should have done) but u could do what nassin31spr said and re-sell the car

[ayuaddict]

i also have a problem similar to the orignal poster's.

i recently purchased a car and he didnt have a pink slip but i have a bill of sale (and his cell phone has been disconnected). i went to the DMV, got a title-less transfer form, aparently you need the seller's information (which i have) and his signature, but when i spoke with a different DMV worker she informed me that a bill of sale is enough to tranfer the car. i plan on going back to the dmv and trying again, or at least register the car as non-op and not drive it until this is settled. i will do whatever i need to do to register this car under my name but any information would be a great help.

and if the original poster would rather keep this thread solely on his subject then please just ignore this post, (i simply did not want to make a new thread to clutter up the forum, and it didnt occur to me to ask for advise here until i saw this thread)

[JohnJohn86]

THX for the advice. I got a permit kind of thing from DMV to get the car back and I will go to the police dept to get the car tomorrow.

My question is will I have trouble later if the guy who bought my car wants to car back? I don't have his information but he does have the old pink slip.

[speed_racerx]

the guy would more than likely give you hell. if he wont give back the title, and if the vehicle is currently registered to you, go there " www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/formsmost.htm ".

download/ fill out neccesary parts REG 227(appl. for duplicate Title) & 256(statement of facts).

put down that you lost teh title. then turn it in with a current registration card. if teh car isnt registered to you then get a REG 135(bill of sales) and turn everything in with that.

*do this only if the guy wont give you back the title.*

[speed_racerx]

i had to register some cars with lost titles for my workplace a few times. thats what the ISA workers ask for so it should be good for privateers as well.

[understeer]

Im confused....so did you transfer the title to your name? and just not register it?

[bamaboy]

if you didn't transfer the car to your name then how in the hell did the cops know where to send the letter to? This sounds kinda fishy to me.

[O3DigitalBath]

^thats what I was thinking....so wouln't go to the owner before you?

[JohnJohn86]

when I buy the car, I filled out the release of libility form for her. that's why they got my information