Legal Question in Criminal Law in Philippines

good morning sir,

we used to have 3 passenger jeeps that were all sold, just to pay up a case we lost. Whenever these jeeps get into accident, my mother is still sent claimant letters, since we learned that the jeeps are still under her name at the LTO. It was never transferred by the buyer to their name contrary to what we agreed upon. our problem is we no longer have copies of the sale to prove our claim that the items are no longer with us since all documents were lost during the ondoy typhoon; we live in the lower part of Rizal. We no longer have copies of the sale, and the buyer doesn't want to give us copies since we informed him of the nature of our request. may we know what action can we do in this case so that my mother will no longer be bothered by this?


Asked on 3/07/12, 6:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
VOLTAIRE T. DUANO VOLTAIRE T. DUANO LAW OFFICE

Unless the registration has been transferred to the name of the new owner your mother can still be held liable.This is because as far as the public is concerned the LTO registered owner remains to be its owner despite of the sale. If you can still remember the notary public you can ask from him the copy of the deed of sale. Its recorded in his monthly report (notarial register). Once you have the copy have it duly certified by the clerk of court of the city covered by the commission of the notary public.You may also refer your concern to the LTO in case the franchise holder of the vehicles you sold remains uncooperative.

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Answered on 3/09/12, 8:25 pm


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