Legal Question in Consumer Law in Iowa

Long story short, I bought a vehicle from a guy nearly a year ago with a bill of sale and promise to send me a replacement ASAP.

On the bill of sale it says nothing about the title being salvaged, I will be finally getting the title from having to pretty much harass this guy since I bought it for the title, I'm guessing it being salvaged was the problem.

I want to take this to a small claims court because the vehicle was bought for the listed $5000 limit.

I need to sell the car and because of the salvage title I've been getting offers of half of what its worth.

I plan on having an attorney present.

I did ask him if it was a clean title and was told yes, but it was through e-mail and I no longer have the e-mails since he was evading me for so long, I know this won't help.

Do I have a case here that I have a good chance of winning?

Thank You.


Asked on 5/31/10, 11:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Your argument is that you bought a car, you found out after the sale that it had a salvage title, and you're thinking you got ripped off. You've got nothing to lose by going to small claims court.

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Answered on 6/01/10, 12:39 pm


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