Legal question re cars [NAC]

[Joseph Rae]

Actually this is how I bought my first audi a 1987 4000csq The owner moved
back to Japan for a while and then decided to stay there perm. She entrusted
the car to a friend, who then proceeded to sell it. He had the title, and
all the paper work.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at bellatlantic.net>
To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Legal question re cars [NAC]


> 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
>
>