Grant Chastain
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
20 years old and learning a lot from this experience.
The situation is this I bought a car of craigslist (a jeep)
It has a Michigan Title. The man I bought it from bought it from a auction and he put his name on the title.
A few weeks went by and I found out that it was totaled about a year ago, and the insurance deemed it a total loss. The seller said it was a clean title, but I never carfaxed it... I know now I will next time.
Then I went to tag the vehicle and I cannot do that because he never paid the taxes on it.
So he is committing what is known as title jumping, he is also legally not allowed to sell the vehicle without paying taxes on it first.
I then found out that their a huge issues with the jeep and I want to sue for all my money back 7000$
will I win in a small claims court? Do I have a shot?
(which will take about 3-4 months)
I have contacted the seller and told him about all this and he said he would take the title back and pay the taxes on it and then send it back to me...? and then I could tag it but its a piece of crap so if I could sue him and get my money back that would be my first choice.
I could also have him pay the taxes on it, and then I pay the taxes and then take it to title max and pawn it and they will give me 4500-5000$
Please help!
The situation is this I bought a car of craigslist (a jeep)
It has a Michigan Title. The man I bought it from bought it from a auction and he put his name on the title.
A few weeks went by and I found out that it was totaled about a year ago, and the insurance deemed it a total loss. The seller said it was a clean title, but I never carfaxed it... I know now I will next time.
Then I went to tag the vehicle and I cannot do that because he never paid the taxes on it.
So he is committing what is known as title jumping, he is also legally not allowed to sell the vehicle without paying taxes on it first.
I then found out that their a huge issues with the jeep and I want to sue for all my money back 7000$
will I win in a small claims court? Do I have a shot?
(which will take about 3-4 months)
I have contacted the seller and told him about all this and he said he would take the title back and pay the taxes on it and then send it back to me...? and then I could tag it but its a piece of crap so if I could sue him and get my money back that would be my first choice.
I could also have him pay the taxes on it, and then I pay the taxes and then take it to title max and pawn it and they will give me 4500-5000$
Please help!