Legal Question in Consumer Law in New York

Can a car dealership sue me for myTitle

My estrange husband was the co-signer I was the primary owner of vehicle, estrange husband took my car to a dealer ship an tradein my car without my no one contact me about the transaction, when I found out about it I went down to the dealership to find out why they tradin my car with my authoz and that I want to see if any one had sign my name to any of the paper work they said they cant show me anything because i was not the customer, they have been harrassing me for over 1yr know they have there lawyer writing me about handing over my title this have been since 6/08 until now I have the title it have my name only on it and it was register in my name only , we do not even share the same last name what prove they had that we are husband an wife, I have no intention to hand it over


Asked on 7/04/09, 1:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew M. Doktofsky Andrew M. Doktofsky, P.C.

Re: Can a car dealership sue me for myTitle

Generally, whoever is on the title is the only one who can transfer ownership of a vehicle (an exception would be if the car was repossesed). A car dealer will not take a car as a trade-in without the title. So how this was done with you retaining possession of the title is not clear. Please contact my office directly if you would like to discuss your situation further.

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Answered on 7/04/09, 12:19 pm


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