What's My Obligation to Store Someone Else's ATV?

[leache]

My fiancee lives with me. She has a 23-year old son who owes her a lot of money. He does not live with us. To pay off the debt, he gave his mother (my fiancee) his ATV, but he never signed the title. My fiancee now has someone who wants to buy the ATV so she can recoup some of the money owed to her by her son, but he refuses to sign the title. The ATV is sitting in my garage, where it has been since my fiancee's son gave it to her to pay off the debt. Since he will not sign the title, I feel I have no obligation to continue to store the ATV. My question: Can I give him a few days to come and get the ATV out of my garage, after which if it is still there, can I (1) sell the ATV without his permission or (2) put the ATV in the street and give it to the first person who wants it?

 

[mightymoose]

If you want to sell it, go to the court and have a lien placed on it. Since you already have it in your possession, the hardest part is done already. You don't need him to sign off on the title. You need a judge's permission to sell it.