My ex-roommate left a car at my crib. With all his other stuff as well. But when he left, he didn't pay for any of the bills(ie. rent, utilities). So i was wondering if i could take possession of his car. I saw the title lying somewhere around the house and he never even registered it, it just has the seller's signature on it. So, here's what i'm thinking...

1. Write my name on the Title, go to DMV, register it, try to find a place that i could get a key at.

or

2. Slide it down my driveway along the side of the road, and wait for the city to put those "this car has been abandoned, it will be towed stickers"...(the tags are expired) then find someone to call to see if i could take ownership of it.

I don't really know any of the laws pertaining to this, if it's legal or not, but any help would be appreciated.

Also, the roommate's been gone for over a month. And when i looked through his stuff(cuz my mom didn't trust him), i found a couple hundred dollars worth of DVD's and video games that belonged to my brother and our other roommate.

 

Sounds like a first class guy. I really liked the part about him stealing from your brother. That was sweet. I would look into it. Call the DMV, or the city and ask. better to get something out of him tan nothing at all. By-the-way, where did he go? Jail?

 

I don't have a clue where he is... I'm thinkin bout sellin his TV to Cash Converter's while i'm at it. I'm hoping to fix his car up to a decent stock level (minor bodywork & new clutch) then sell it...

 

I strongly suggest talking to either a government official or a lawyer about this.

 

ill ask my stepdad how it works. that happened at one of their rental properties. and he took ownership of a 87 Corvette.

something along the lines of fill out some paper work.. and proove its been abandoned for so long a period of time. hten its yours. vuala.

 

Sounds good. Thanks, Crate.

 

Crate sounds about right. Call the DMV and find out.

 

a family frined of ours has rental properties and she gets to seize shit thats left after leik 15 or 30 days i believe. but thats in sc, so def look at the laws first.

 

If you have the title the car belongs to who evers name it is assigned to.
Put your name on it and go. A locksmith can make a key from the lock.

 

There is something that you can do, I don't know what. My friends uncle owns a repair shop and if the vehicle is left long enough they can take ownership somehow. Most of the time they don't because they are pieces of crap that should be crushed.