Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California
No longer own the vehicle and sent to collections owing a towing company?
I received a letter during early march 2008 from towing yard saying that I owe about $500. So I called the towing company and they asked for my name. Eventhough I haven't turn in released of liability, the lady said I don't have to worry about anything and i'm not the registered owner. That same day I went to the DMV and fill out the Release of liability form just few days before the towers sold the car in the auction. I put down the date I sold the vehicle on the form. 3 months later i received a letter from Collections Agency and said that i owe almost 1000 dollars to towing company. I called collections and they ask me to either pay or send a fax of a printed copy from the dmv to the agency. Today, I received another letter from the agency regarding that i owe the same amount.
Do I have to pay them or is it necessary to take legal action?
I was the owner when the car was towed, however the guy I sold it to did registered the car at the DMV but couldn't received the title because he never smoged the car.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: No longer own the vehicle and sent to collections owing a towing company?
If you owned the car when it was towed, you might be liable. It sounds, however, like you didn't own the car. I don't really understand this question. Why was the car towed? Who owned it at that time?
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