Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Virginia

My fianc� purchased a car from our neighbor a few months ago and got a a Signed title and bill of sale. My fiance' does not have a valid license to title the car, he purchased the car for his 17 year old daughter for Xmas with the plan of having his daughter's mom title the car for her. So as of now we just have a signed title with our neighbors signature on the seller line. About a month ago the same neighbors other car got repossessed and they came to us wanting to "rent" the car we purchased from them to get back and forth from work. Needless to say the other day we get a text from our neighbor saying that the car was totaled. She will not tell us where the car is, she just told us that she had to pay to have it towed to a salvage yard and that the car has been junked. So we are stuck with a signed title by her and no car. we have asked numerous times to tell us where the car is but she won't comply. She says that we are harassing her, we just want to know things that we fell we have the right to know. Is there anything we can do about this legally?


Asked on 12/12/16, 1:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Daniel Press Chung & Press, P.C.

Unfortunately, you are in a bad situation because you did not record the title. You don't even need a license to title a car, so that is not an excuse. The real issue here is whether the car was insured. If so, the insurance may pay. You may have a claim to the money back from the neighbor, if you can collect it.

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Answered on 12/13/16, 4:22 am


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