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This was a verbal agreement between myself & a friend’s son. I have the title with myself listed as the lien holder. I repossessed the car once & he stole it back and there was nothing I could do about it. Anyone have any suggestions on how I need to proceed to get this car back so I can outright sell it?

later,lien holder came to storage yard where car was kept,it was found
badly damaged and declared totalled and when lien holder thought car
had no insurance coverage they abandonned it so when I got out of jail
I called ins ,filed a claim, ins only paid 17000$ out of 24000$ they est-
imated it was worth, storage yard sold car at a lien auction sale when
no one came to pay for fees, I put down 8340$ on the 25650$ loan, I gave a 16153$ check to lien holder to payoff loan, how do I get back my downpayment and who is responsable to pay it ins or lien holder?

My mom co-signed on a car loan for me through a financial company 5 yrs ago; she then chose to pay it off and have me make my payments directly to her last year. We had a verbal agreement of what my monthly payments were and that if I didn’t make them the car would in fact, be taken back by her to sell. Soon I lost a major portion of my income and was unable to make full, consistent payments. I sent partial payments that were sometimes late and some months I was unable to make any payment. I kept in open communication via email & phone to let her know what to expect. She would respond neutrally, mostly not addressing it. She recently sent me a certified letter after a fight telling me to pay her what is left owed to her on the car or to return it to her to sell. She also said I would be responsible for the difference (if any) if the car did not sell for what I owed her. We have no signed contract at all; and definitely no verbal agreement saying I would be responsible for the difference if the car was taken.
I relinquished the car to her; there was some small body damage and the check engine light was on. She sold it to her friend for less than what was owed because of the damage; the car did not pass smog and now she wants me to pay for the difference and to fix it to pass smog. I say hell no, that’s her problem now. I live in California and from what I can tell I’m no longer responsible. She wants to take me to small claims court and I feel confident she has no case because we did not have any agreement that I would pay the difference if she sold the car. She’s under the impression that she has the same rights as a financial company because she is lien holder on the title. Is this true? Is there an unspoken agreement that she is exactly like a real company? I figure even companies should have to tell you all the rules up front and not spring it on you later.
her credit isn’t affected bc she already paid it off to the lender last yr.
**I spoke to a lawyer and she DOES NOT get the rights of a lender. The lender has the rights they do because it is in the signed contract. I have fulfilled my end of the agreement by relinquishing the car and the contract has been followed in whole.

My mom co-signed on a car loan for me through a financial company 5 yrs ago; she then chose to pay it off and have me make my payments directly to her last year. We had a verbal agreement of what my monthly payments were and that if I didn’t make them the car would in fact, be taken back by her to sell. Soon I lost a major portion of my income and was unable to make full, consistent payments. I sent partial payments that were sometimes late and some months I was unable to make any payment. I kept in open communication via email & phone to let her know what to expect. She would respond neutrally, mostly not addressing it. She recently sent me a certified letter after a fight telling me to pay her what is left owed to her on the car or to return it to her to sell. She also said I would be responsible for the difference (if any) if the car did not sell for what I owed her. We have no signed contract at all; and definitely no verbal agreement saying I would be responsible for the difference if the car was taken.
I relinquished the car to her; there was some small body damage and the check engine light was on. She sold it to her friend for less than what was owed because of the damage; the car did not pass smog and now she wants me to pay for the difference and to fix it to pass smog. I say hell no, that’s her problem now. I live in California and from what I can tell I’m no longer responsible. She wants to take me to small claims court and I feel confident she has no case because we did not have any agreement that I would pay the difference if she sold the car. She’s under the impression that she has the same rights as a financial company because she is lien holder on the title. Is this true? Is there an unspoken agreement that she is exactly like a real company? I figure even companies should have to tell you all the rules up front and not spring it on you later.
I am not trying to "escape" responsibility, I simply do not believe I am legally responsible. I never chose NOT to pay her, I couldn’t/can’t and that’s why I gave it back. Per our verbal agreement that was the consequence for not being able to make the payments. What stops her from selling it to her friend at a discount and coming to me for the rest? She wants to go on Judge Judy because they will pay for the judgment if she wins. P.S. my mom is not an honest person & she used the car to control me for the last year.
wow, very little of these responses are just answers. I had to sift through a bunch of judgment and personal opinion that include attacking words.

I am thinking about buying a car at an auto auction, and I know when you buy a car with a lien, you get a title from the DMV with my name and the lien holder’s name, but what if I want to sell the car at a later date? How do I transfer the title since it has both of our names on it?
Is there anyone that understands how buying a car at an auction with a lien works? I would really appreciate any help since the only person that answered obviously has no idea how it works. When you buy a car at auction with a lien you are not responsible for the lien, the only thing linking you to the lien is the title, there is ZERO chance you will have the car taken away or have any link to the debt. Thanks anyways, but please don’t comment unless you have an answer.
Here is a little bit of information, since no one on this answer has any idea what they are talking about, and I don’t want anyone looking at this to get their wrong information about liens at auction: "if you are the highest bidder, you get the auction papers to the car, when u go to the DMV you will register the car as your own, the title will come in the mail and show an existing lien on the car it says the banks name and your name yet, the person who originally requested the auto loan will have to pay for the car even if it is in your possession, so you are not responsible for paying the lien and no one has the authority to take that vehicle away from you as long as you bought it legally in a auction and keep copies of all the auction paper work cause one day you might need it."

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