My friend's car was STOLEN, and reported. But a year later, they came after him to make him pay a bunch of tickets they put on it when they found it instead of recovering it for him.

"our hands are tied" so even if it is proven to you that she is no longer the owner and has not been for over a year they will still go after her because a citation was issued? Just goes to show you its about the money not the prevention of crime.

"Reliable Nissan" Oh the irony.

if DMV thinks she still owns it, go GET it, sell it AGAIN

She should just tell them she wants it back for the price of the fine. Legally it's her car she should just keep it now, sell it again lol.

Surely the auction house at least has a name of who bought the damn car (or are they all shady-as-shit cash only 'auctions'?)

Gotta love stupid bureaucracy.

Almost same thing happened to me, donated a car to Salvation Army, they sold it and it was never taken out of my name. New owner racked up hundreds of bucks in tickets. One morning the police knocked on my door to arrest me for outstanding tickets. Luckily I had a copy of my act of donation. A month latter the Salvation Army called me trying to get me to claim the car because it had been towed and impounded and the new purchaser could not get it because they never titled it. Told them to pack sand!

The woman needs to get a lawyer and sue the state for harassment

They are just hounding her because she has money and can pay fines, and they lost track of the new owner, imo. They know they can't get money out of the bum who didn't register it.

I went through a similar situation back in 1997 here in Louisiana. I had traded a 1991 Camaro for a 1995 Astro van (3 kids showed up during that time period). Two years later, I get the sheriff's department show up at my house with a warrant for failure to show up in court for a traffic accident and various parking fines in Mississippi. I had to call the courts in Mississippi to explain that I no longer owned the car since it was a trade-in on a new vehicle. Luckily I still had all the paperwork from the purchase which included information on my trade-in (make, model, VIN) which I faxed over to the courts. I figured the courts would see that the local dealership accepted the car. NO! I needed the dealership to contact the courts. I had to threaten to sue the dealership for them to contact the courts to get it straight. It seemed the dealership had sent the car to an auction house without doing any title transfer. The car was auctioned off, and the auction house showed the car had been sold at auction. PERIOD! No idea who bought it. They just took the cash and handed over the signed title and a general bill of sale for the new owner to register it. Everything perfectly legal, except the new owner failed to register it. The Camaro had gotten several tickets for illegal parking in Mississippi all within a 35 mile radius and a warrant from the county to have it towed on the next ticket. Then someone driving got into a hit-and-run accident that put somebody in the hospital, and it was caught on video tape and by witnesses. The car had been abandoned several blocks away in an alley. No plates. No driver. That's where I come in. I was the last registered owner according to the state of Louisiana. And had to spend my TIME and MONEY to get it straightened out. Since then I kept all paperwork whenever I traded in a car for a new one until I got rid of the vehicle. And I made sure that the information on my trade-in included the VIN and the dealership name on it. JD

Police, "it's out of our hands".......well, then.....do the right thing POLICE!

This is New Mexico's fault

That one guy just solved her "problem". He said, once someone takes ownership of a vehicle, it's their responsibility to register it. RELIABLE to8k ownership of it (from her). It's RELIABLE's problem now.

2:27 that is some high quality editing. Straight out of Hollywood

How did the dealership give this car to another entity to be sold at auction without having a clear title? I would think the car had to be registered to the dealership before it could then be sold at auction. Seems like a couple steps were skipped.

That exact same thing happened to me a few months ago. I traded my car to San Diego Toyota and leased a new one. About a month later I got a ticket in the mail for unpaid toll charges. I sent them the information about the vehicle sale. OOPS. Another month later I get a second toll ticket. I called the San Diego Toyota and they in essence said there was nothing they could do about it. I am pissed off. DO NOT BUY A CAR FROM SAN DIEGO TOYOTA. Their customer service in this regard SUCKS!

How ridiculous! 1 of those ONLY in America stories. Feel sorry for that lady, she traded her car in good faith, and the car dealer was lazy in retiring or taking over the registration until it was resold!

I had same issue with a car I traded in. But was in a wreck when it fell off a dealership semi. I think dealerships need to report a VIN as soon as they get it. Be nice too if our Bureaucracy would move up with the times aswell. Shouldn't take 3 months for paperwork to go through the dmv. Yet our state officials want raises lol.

I had a friend who got into Meth in the 1990's. I tried helping her and I gave her my Geo Metro and told her to turn the title over. She didn't, but I did turn in the report of sale. It saved me a bunch of parking tickets etc. The city of Seattle tried making me pay, but my Report Of Sale saved me.

I went through something like this with the state of Virginia. In 2010 I moved, registered my vehicles in a new state, turned in old Virginia tags to the Virginia DMV, new insurance for a new state.... Whole 9 yards. I didn’t even own any of the vehicles after 2014. 7 years later in another new state clear across the country I get a paycheck that was over $1400 short. Come to find out my check was GARNISHED by Virginia for unpaid taxes for the years 2011-2017! They were able to find my new employer, yet they couldn’t figure out my vehicles hadn’t been registered in Virginia for 7 years.... Go figure!!!! After about 2 months of phone calls and run arounds they gave me all but $30 ($15/year for my oldest car) back saying I still owed money on a car that was crushed at a junk yard in 2012, which was over 2 years after i sold it to the junk yard in the 1st place. And when I tried to explain to them the time frame and process required to crush a car they still made me pay for those 2 years worth of taxes on it up until the day it was crushed! Fortunately I make enough where i still had enough money where i really didn’t get but so upset about it. Unbelievable. I wonder when that state will get their shit together. The

lmao take it back and sell it again

New mexico mvd does it again!!! I had a similar experience, but the parking ticket I got was for a whopping 350 dollars!! I managed to get the ticket dropped but not before tracking down the old tags! In texas, the tag goes with the vehicle sale, but new mexico is different. That department is so screwed up, and has been for more than 20 years!! Don't they think it might be time to fix it?

This is why when I sell a car I personally change the title myself to the new owners name.

take a picture of the title when you sign it over to anyone just in case they don't go to the title agency right away that way you have proof of day of sale

*The narrators voice is ASMR soothing*

She was eventually helped kind of scary what the car might have been used for

Very odd. I had a similar thing happen in Washington State. Sold my junker at a yard sale, being sure to fill out the form on the back of the registration and sent it in as required. Got a call a month later from the State Patrol because "my" car had been abandoned on the freeway and was in impound. I informed them of the sale and told them I had sent in the paperwork. They thanked me for the information and that was the end of the matter for me. Since the New Mexico motor vehicle people apparently have the record of her trading the car to Nissan they shouldn't have bothered her after that.

2:47 WTF how broken is their system. She doesn't own the car but because she was the last person to own the car the system defaults to her. Dafu. 2:55 This guy is a tool. It's not registered to her as she has all of the documents proving a "bill of sale" Furthermore this is hiding a much bigger problem. Most likely the person who bought had the intent to use it for criminal activity, so they used falsified documents when purchasing the vehicle. However this is not the problem, the problem is when the DMV or what not tried to verify the falsified documents they couldn't, and instead of filling a report, about the use of fake legal documents, they just rolled the owner ship back to the last known owner. The police should track down that employee and give them a what for, since I would wager that they could be charged with Negligence, Aiding and Abetting, and Impeding a Criminal Investigation.

Same happened to me in a way. Did a trade in deal on a new car and was contacted by the person who had purchased the traded car at auction 9 months later. Undoubtedly this person had been driving the car for at least 8 months while it was still in my name. He said he had lost the title and needed my help now getting it transferred into his name and now registration was due. I do believe he would have driven it longer before contacting me if not for that. The dealership never transferred it from my name. Called the salesman, who still remembered me, and let him know I wasn't happy....very loudly....very very loudly I let him know.

I don't understand why the United States can't or won't organize thinks properly. So simple here in Canada. You sell/ trade in a vehicle it is then delisted from your ownership info. Logical. For a country whom claims it is the best in the world it sure doesn't hold up to its claims.

This happened to me. I traded my 2004 Mustang to Leta Ford in Chesterfield, Missouri. Two months later I got a nasty letter from St. Louis, about my "abandoned vehicle." After research, I found that the dealership NEVER contacted the state to change ownership. Exact same setup...the VIN was identical.

She signed paperwork when she traded in the car to “reliable “Nissan. It sounds like good old pass the buck. The people who should be doing something are doing their best Sergeant Schultz line of “I know nothing “.

Here, once you sell or trade a vehicle, that person has 60 days to get it out of your name... Plus, its illegal to take a vehicles title, with the original owners signature on it and sell it to someone else... Thats Title Jumping...

I heard they aren't responsible to do the paperwork, but can it be requested? I would tell the sales manager it's part of the deal of me buying the car, and I'm happy to shop else where that will fill out the correct papers. It's required in Michigan, an I tell the mangt that I want a document within 24hrs of trading the vehicle, something that shows that car is now registered to the dealer.

Wow. Same EXACT thing happened to me in Maryland 25 years ago, only it was a 1978 Civic. Things really don't change, you know?

2:14 wtf I thought it was 911 not 311💀

I sold a truck, the buyer did not reregister it, instead he hit a little girl on a bicycle and ran. the cops caught him and charged me... Luckily I had a bill of sale showing the buyers name and signature. I also had a RELEASE OF LIABILITY RECEIPT from Dmv. This proved that I am not liable for anything involving that truck. Years later i see that truck and the guy I sold it to driving around. Go figure???

I would take the car back and resell it. Free money

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. He actually sold his car to a guy who answered his craigslist ad. He signed the release of liability sent it to the DMV and thought that was it. A year later a towing company wanted to charge him $1,000 in fees. Says the car was abandoned and DMV records show he was the last registered owner. He called the DMV which confirmed the release of liability was signed and he had no obligation to pay any tickets or fees associated with that car. The towing company had to kick rocks and get their money somewhere else since the guy who had originally bought the car never registered it under his name.

0:32 that quality edit tho

Years ago I consigned on a car loan and got the car removed from my name when the car was paid off or so I thought but the car is still showing in my name again. Looks I'll have to do it again. The car was either wrecked or sold years ago.

Only half listened in the background to this, but seems to be making too big a deal. I had this happen to me. Sold a car privately, 6 years later got a parking ticket in the mail for it. Once I figured out what was going on, I ran the Carfax then went to court to dispute it. Explained I didn't own it. Judge asked for proof. I provided the Carfax that showed it registered in the next state (but never here, which is how the vin linked to me). He looked at it, said DOT screwed up, case dismissed.

In Ohio, when you trade in a car to a car lot the car lot is supposed to register as the new owner. Laws must be different in New Mexico.

I bought a car back in 2002. The title had been signed a total of six times between dealers across different states without anyone ever registering it with a DMV. It was a nightmare for me to register it because my DMV wanted a bill of sale from the last person to register it.

You absolutely have to fill out a separate form and send it in to the state. In every state. I just traded my car in with the same dealership, and I still came home and filled out the TX form and sent it in.

same with me. I donated a car to one of these groups that ask you to donate an unwanted car. One year later I received a phone call from the Portland, Or police impound lot saying that they have my car, because it was found abandoned on the side of a road. The ppl they gave the car to never changed the plate or registration. I informed them (the impound lot person) that they can keep it, and then gave them the number to the group I donated it to. I never heard back from the PD after that.

Ladies; due diligence have title at time of sale. Register sale with State with buyer as sold.

This is no joke I sold a van to a salvage yard 14 yrs ago every year I get the registration in the mail saying if the vehicle is to remain non op do nothing,I've filled out the paperwork 5 times at the dmv and still nothing has changed

The Dealer never did any paper work with the State Im sure, It cost me 2500 bucks to learn my Lesson on selling a car with out having the buyer providing a photo ID, signing the title as buyer dating it, filling out a Bill of sale having them sign it, photo copy both. Sold a car with out doing this car ended up in TX in a bad accident in which they came after me, the 2,500 is what I had to pay a Lawyer to take care of it, learned from my State what I should have done because a lot of people will just put on a set of plates from another car and drive it.

Damn, moms said she'd been "passed around" 😂😂😂

Here in Georgia if you give notice to the tag office that you sold the vehicle, they do change the record so law enforcement knows that the vehicle was sold and the registration canceled. The VIN will still show the previous owner until the new owner registers it but at least they know its not theirs anymore.

Ont canada requires you buy a kit from the transportation dept showing who owned the vehicle priors and if any violations or liens on it left.

I traded in a 2004 Chevrolet Tracker on a 2015 Toyota Corolla in December 2019. When I renewed the Corolla's registration, I was asked if I was renewing the registration on both vehicles. Fortunately, the current owner of the Tracker hasn't created any problems for me.

Same thing just happened to me in Canada. Why does this have to be so complicating. This is ridiculous.

this is a flaw in the computer systems. there are 2 systems that dont cross check eachother

So why does the auction house not have record of who they sold the car to?

She needs to ask the dealer not the government. The dealer is at fault.

In our town you report a abandoned vehicle it gets towed within a day or 2 they will contact the owner to see if they still own it if they say no off to the crusher

Seven years ago we sold our van to a guy that exports cars to Mexico. We still get recall notices from the manufacturer because the car was never re-registered in the USA.

Sue the police and the dealership and the auction house.

I sold my van 12 years ago I still get registration notice from the DMV I filed sale papers with the DMV 7 times it's been junked but they keep sending me renewal notices in the mail.

I had this happen to me in Hawaii, but I just told them I sold the car and I never heard from them again. Fortunately!

I would’ve went back for my truck since technically it is still my property and then just resell it.

In my state, transfer of title can be done by both the new owner and seller. Check the title.

Pay 160 bucks in parking tickets. Get the car towed back to your house. Get a new key made. Trade it in again.

This has actually happen to me. Sold it to a dealer, about a week later I got an abandonment ticket. Funny enough I was selling it to a chevy dealer for a Nissan.

I've been having a similar problem I traded a 1989 Ford E-350 Van for a 2000 BMW the new owner of the Van drove it out to California and has not gotten it registered into her name and has already received Parking tickets from Alahumbra CA. and LA CA. Both of which sent me the tickets. I sent them both back the released documents from the DMV here in Oklahoma which I had the buyer sign and notarized thru the DMV here. I also included a letter telling them the next time it's ticketed they should just tow it seeing the new owner see,s to have no intention of registering it in their name and more than likely won't show up for the tickets and that it is no longer my problem as I have a signed release for the vehicle.

You need to keep a copy of the sales receipt in case this happens to you. It would solve a lot of issues.

Wow. Here where I live, the dealership owns the vehicle. They register it under the dealership and then transfer it to the new owners when sold to them.

This happened to me back in 2001. Sold a car private party sale turned in a release of liability to the DMV immediately and for about a year and to two years I would get calls and letters from tow companies about it. Told I sold it not my problem.

Something like that happened to me, years ago. I signed a title, gave it to my boyfriend cause he was supposed to sell the car. He sold it, kept the money, neither he nor new owner filed any paperwork! So I had no idea who he sold it to, hesitated to report it stolen, yet even going to a lawyer couldn't get the DMV to take it out of my name. They said they had to transfer it into someone's name to do that. I never heard anything, but they did create a file in my name in case the car showed up. What I don't get is how the new owners managed without any documentation, and what finally happened to the car.

3:00 Yeah right you have discretion when it comes to assessing fines. You and your buddies simply don't care because you guys figured that the person would just fork over the 90$ to get rid of the headache.

LMAO "I've been passed around."

This happened to me in IL. I just threw away the ticket because I didn't own the car. Never heard anything from it.

Washington state has a form you fill out and send to the Head DMV Office stating you are no longer in possession of the vehicle..

Filed a “ notice of sale “ with DMV..... NO PLATE... tow to impound...An national auction company doesn’t secure information on who buys the vehicle ?...That Explorer has a shady, to very dark past from the day the Nissan dealer accepted the trade !

Yup just like the DMV to mishandle this. My brother tried updating information on his vehicles 4 times when he was out of state in the military. Twice electronically and twice by mail but only 1 of his vehicles updated. SImilar issue occurred with me. I only tried 3 times though in the past year and still cant get the address changed to the correct one on 1 of my vehicles my second vehicle finally updated on the second try. will try a 4th time on the first vehicle. It is an electric car so it hurts my utility bill because i cant sign up for prime electrical rates until the car is registered to my current address.

this happend to a friend of mine, someone went GTA in a truck he traded in and his insurance went up for traffic offences he wasnt a part of... gotta love bureaucracy in action

It’s simple, the dealer who bought from Mannheim should have record of who they sold the car to and will have a sale contract on record. It’s really simple to trace it if they want to clear the mess.

What I don't understand is when the auction company sold the car do they not keep records of who they sold it too. Because they have to sign the title over to someone.

A similar situation happened to me in the mid 90's I sold a '75 Chevy Luv at an auto auction for $650 to this guy, later that night, he got drunk, ran a red light, hit and killed a woman, he took off on foot, the next morning, the highway patrol cam to my house to arrest me for vehicular homicide, I showed them my bill of sale from the auto auction, they got the info and found the guy that bought it, he's still serving a life sentence for his BS actions

When I sell a car to someone I not only generate a bill of sale for them but also for my own records with both names (seller and buyer as well as home addresses). That way if they don't register the car and something happens to it I can prove I sold it to that person on that day. Their name and signature in on my original copy of the bill of sale.

At 2mins and 20 something secs in they say there was no tags on it but in the pictures you can see the tags are blurred I'm puzzled?

happened to me when I donated a car to a non-profit. lucky for me the police were fine to accept the tax letter from the non-profit with the VIN and we never heard anything after that.

Rumor has it, in New Mexico you can buy a car anonymously. No need to steal a car to commit crimes.

Ask that dealership for info

i once sold 2 trucks and 1 car to the same guy. with in a month i had 4 parking tickets from both trucks in the same spot. i called the guy he laughed and said oh well. so i went to where they got ticked and i came home got 2 friends went back and got my trucks. and 3 months later the car got impounded and i got it back also. but i still had to pay the fines.

The dealership is the last legal owner so they should get the tickets

Does this state not have registration cancellation? You sell a vehicle in my state; not your problem anymore. This is just a case of conscious and deliberate stupidity. Putting parking tickets, on an abandoned vehicle... it's abandoned people; tow it, and crush it!

Am having the same issue what should i do next ?

Sometimes stupid is hard to cure.

Pay the $60 fine and get your explorer back for $60. Seems like a pretty sweet deal to me.

I sold a Saturn a while back ago, the guy who purchased it took him 7 months to register in his name. It was a pain. Next time I sell.a vehicle, were doing it in a AAA office where the new owner registers the damn car in his/her name.

I would send their letter back to them, with a fee schedule of what they now owe me for responding to them, and notifying them that they will publish a formal written apology acknowledging that they were willfully engaged in extortion and that that has been corrected, or else they WILL be charged in court with extortion and criminal negligence. No one is above the law!

In my state there is a law that when a title changes ownership, that it must be registered within 10 days. If the car dealership failed to obey the law, then they should be sued and fined.

So, what was the eventual outcome of this, seeing as how it was posted 3yrs ago..?!

I had this happen too. The salvage yard didnt send the title to the State after it was deemed salvage. Junk yards are supposed to send the title in but didnt. Welcome to the real world,as it stands.

I had the same thing happen with my very first car. Sold it to a woman I worked with son, got a call a year or two later saying I needed to get it out of the impound for like $850! Nope! I gave the name of the kid I sold it to!

Strange arrangement in USA. Here in the UK, the registration plate (generally) stays with the car for its entire life. Once you sell a car, you declare that to the DVLA and it stops being your problem. Any unregistered or uninsured cars quickly appear on ANPR cameras and are taken off the road. Isn't that fairly simple?