- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
Hi,
Here is my situation. I had rented a room in a house. Another man rented a room also. It took a good year but we eventually build a decent friendship. He approached me while still living together into about the third year (lived together about four years) and asked if I would be willing to place a car under my name because he was having some tax issues. The friendship was sound enough and I thought he was a decent person, so I agreed. We purchased a vehicle with cash at a dealership, the title is under my name which I have. The registration and insurance is also under my name. I gave him the keys and left it that we would revisit the situation in six months. Everything was fine. I felt I was helping out a friend. At a certain point, I felt I should change the situation due to a dramatic shift in his personality of being unappreciative and also unkindness. Recently, I decided I had enough of his attitude and realized this was no friend. Through a mutual friend - who I promised I would leave totally out of it- I learned he is in the US illegally and has no drivers license. I know his personality very well. I never had any bad experiences but if others asked him or told him he needed to do something his MO was to disregard them. I mean he would act totally belligerent. I am about to tell him that I will no longer go along with this. I don't want his car. I am not looking to do anything to harm him. But--- I will do whatever I have to if he does not find someone else to help him. I simply - given I am the legal owner- I will not keep the car in my name! I plan to give him 14 days. I am not asking on thoughts of past mistakes I made in how I dealt with this. For certain, I handled this incorrectly. Dealing with the here and now, did I do anything illegal?? I may have to notify the police and insurance company and penndot if he does not comply. How should I deal with this in a way that causes the least drama, but at the same time remove myself from the situation. I was told by one attorney that if he plays hard ball simply tell the police he will not return the car and that he told me the car was stolen thus he can not return it to me. (In case anyone had the thought that the police will just say this is a domestic issue)
Thank you for any advice to rectify this.
PS To add, I am about to move out of the area and maybe the country, so that only clutters the situation. We no longer live together and have not for two years. I have told the insurance company I was driving the car.
Here is my situation. I had rented a room in a house. Another man rented a room also. It took a good year but we eventually build a decent friendship. He approached me while still living together into about the third year (lived together about four years) and asked if I would be willing to place a car under my name because he was having some tax issues. The friendship was sound enough and I thought he was a decent person, so I agreed. We purchased a vehicle with cash at a dealership, the title is under my name which I have. The registration and insurance is also under my name. I gave him the keys and left it that we would revisit the situation in six months. Everything was fine. I felt I was helping out a friend. At a certain point, I felt I should change the situation due to a dramatic shift in his personality of being unappreciative and also unkindness. Recently, I decided I had enough of his attitude and realized this was no friend. Through a mutual friend - who I promised I would leave totally out of it- I learned he is in the US illegally and has no drivers license. I know his personality very well. I never had any bad experiences but if others asked him or told him he needed to do something his MO was to disregard them. I mean he would act totally belligerent. I am about to tell him that I will no longer go along with this. I don't want his car. I am not looking to do anything to harm him. But--- I will do whatever I have to if he does not find someone else to help him. I simply - given I am the legal owner- I will not keep the car in my name! I plan to give him 14 days. I am not asking on thoughts of past mistakes I made in how I dealt with this. For certain, I handled this incorrectly. Dealing with the here and now, did I do anything illegal?? I may have to notify the police and insurance company and penndot if he does not comply. How should I deal with this in a way that causes the least drama, but at the same time remove myself from the situation. I was told by one attorney that if he plays hard ball simply tell the police he will not return the car and that he told me the car was stolen thus he can not return it to me. (In case anyone had the thought that the police will just say this is a domestic issue)
Thank you for any advice to rectify this.
PS To add, I am about to move out of the area and maybe the country, so that only clutters the situation. We no longer live together and have not for two years. I have told the insurance company I was driving the car.
