Legal question re cars [NAC]

[Bob]

Send the letter registered stating that unless you hear from him in 10
(or whatever) days, the car will be sold. If you possess the title, you
can sell it.
I would, however, keep the $$ for a while in case he asks for it :)

Bob

TM wrote:

> Sorry for the waste of bandwidth, but I could use
> some help in a situation I'm trying to resolve.
>
> My cousin has a car which he parked at my home and
> left for Japan. I have not heard from him since. This
> was about 1.5 yrs. ago. His car has sat for over a year
> now (insurance lapsed, so I could not keep it running)
> and my landlord is not happy that I'm parking this car
> here for over a year. He wants it gone, and I need to do
> this by the end of the year.
>
> I told my cousin this in a letter, but received no reply
> for over a month, and I know the address is good. I possess
> the title, old registration, insurance, tag and keys for the
> car, but the title is in his name. How can I make my landlord
> happy by removing the car, as I cannot legally sell the car
> as a car w/o having the title in my name?
>
> It's quite a problem to solve- worst case, landlord will have
> the car towed away and destroyed.
>
> Thanks,
> Taka