When a car is legally yours …?
I have a friend who left her car at my house [in louisiana] & says she is coming back to get it. [shes in arkansas] It has been here since August 2011. She has said on multiple occasions that she is coming to get it/she is sending a mechanic to come look at it [it wont start] but nothing has happened so far. She says its because she doesnt have the money but then she said when her boyfriend gets his taxes back [hes in the airforce] that the mechanic will be coming &she will pick it up.I feel like she is just putting it off until I give her a ultimatum maybe ? My boyfriend says she doesnt want it &she just wont say it. The title was lost before she even came down here &she didnt leave the keys so its just stuck under our carport [&she left the windows down-dumb i know] It has to go …what can I do ?
January 27th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Write her a certified letter. Return receipt requested. (this is your proof that you wrote the letter and that she received it). Inform your friend that she has 30 days to remove the car from your property. Don't threaten, don't offer ultimatums, just state the facts. Request that she remove the car in 30 days.
If she fails to comply write her again after the 30 days, this time give her 2 weeks. Same deal, Certified letter, Return Receipt. Request that the car be removed in 14 days. If she still fails to comply write her a third letter, this time let her know that she has 10 days to comply or you will have the car towed away at her expense.
In ten days, if she hasn't come to get the car, call a tow truck and have it removed from your carport as abandoned property. After that point she can deal with the tow company.
What you are doing is building your case. Documenting your efforts to have this car removed. If she tries to file a lawsuit you have all the documentation needed to prove to a judge that you did everything in your power to settle this amicably. If she sends you email, keep it as more proof. If she calls you document when she called and what was said. NEVER get angry, don't get mad, don't say anything stupid that would hurt your case. Stick to the facts and ask her to comply to the request. If she doesn't then you have all the documents needed to defend yourself in court.
January 27th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Do you want to keep it or just get it out of your driveway ?
You could apply for an abandoned car title, would cost some & take some time but you could get ownership that way.
or just push or drag it out in the road and the cops will have it towed and its not yiour problem,
January 28th, 2012 at 12:39 am
file mechanics lein..or call cops and have it towed away,,dont be so helpless
January 28th, 2012 at 8:55 am
I suggest you contact her and say that you are going to report it to the Police as an abandoned car. I suspect she will s–t or get off the pot. And set a time limit.
There is no law that allows you to claim the vehicle as yours.
Someone else here has mentioned a mechanic's lien. You have to be a mechanic to do that.