Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Tennessee

stolen property
I am the executor and sole beneficiary of a will that has been probated in Virginia. The deceased was found dead at home and there was a criminal investigation done by the sheriff's department. A brother of the deceased came to Virginia from Tennessee and told the investigator that the motor home was titled to him. The investigator let him take the motor home with all the deceased personal belongings in it. I do know what the deceased had in the motor home because I had been taking care of him during his illness. Upon his death the motor home was still titled to the deceased, as executor of the estate I had the motor home titled to me. I found out that Tennessee issued the brother a title on the same day that I titled the motor home to me almost 5 1/2 hours later. I have since found out that there were errors on the North Carolina title which should have voided the title in Tennessee. On the bottom of a North Carolina title is written that alterations or erasures will void this title. I have also talked to the department of motor vehicles in NC and been told that when a title to a vehicle goes to another state that you have to go by the laws of the state
in which the title came from. What can I do to get my property back?

Asked on 2/09/05, 2:26 am

Autry Jones Jones & Landers, Attorneys At Law

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Re: stolen property

An action to clear the title to the property needs to be filed in Tennessee.

Answered on 2/10/05, 8:37 pm

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