he didn't know there was a hold on the title when he sold it to me, when i went back to him to get my money he didn't have it, since he was a friend of a friend i decided to let thing play out and now i am just ticked off and really don't know what to do about it

 

You apparently bought a hot jeep! I wouldn't scrap it, you might be in trouble if the real owner comes looking.

 

Friend of a friend and no title?

Spend the money on a legal consultation and find out exactly what your legal options are.

 

Exactly.

Previous Owner had no right to sell it. That's vehicular fraud at the very least and could be grand theft auto or worse.

Current Owner should have looked before he leaped. And especially before pouring more and more money for months into a Jeep that wasn't legally his.

P.O. offering to "help" C.O. go to the crusher to hide evidence smells to high Heaven.

There could be money still owed on the Jeep. The repo guys are probably out looking for it right now.

Or the Sheriff.

 

I do agree with what everyone is saying and the worst part if it is stolen you could be charge with receiving stolen property...
It does not sound good at all.

 

$200 out here

 

Yeah I'm in with the lot about something weird going on here.

First off d be concerned at how much money is owed on it and to who it's owed to...could it possibly be something that is an error? I bought a car once that said there was a lein on it and it turned out to be some crap mistake somewhere down the sellers credit and it was cleared and I got my car with a clear title. Worth checking into anyways.

If it is owed on to persay a bank and he sold it, as stated there could be a repo on it, that wouldn't be great from your perspective, not to mention how worse off you could be if it was stolen....is that even legal to sell a vehicle with an issue like this? I ask that because I honestly have no clue, but this I do know, if you dont get your money back, or get it figured out to get a title, you're the one that's gonna be hurting in the end for it.

Personally I'd get as much info from him as you can to see what the deal is, and possibly contact a lawyer or someone to see what can be done.

Get your $ or a title. Sounds odd the money was already gone by the time you figured you couldn't get the title.

 

Doesn't a "hold", sound more like a loan company? Here in CA, now that it's easy for them there is a charge to provide a printout of the history of the vehicle. Hey, might be good news! Maybe you can clear it up by sending a registered letter or giving somebody a few $.

 

BTW,
Let us know what ends up happening. I am curious on the out come.

 

"Sounds odd the money was already gone by the time you figured you couldn't get the title."

No, sounds typical when fraud is involved.

The P.O. has hung this dude out to dry and now wants to destroy the evidence.

Time for the cops to get involved.

BTW, how can the current "owner" even drive this thing around with no tags and not get caught?

In my state, you can't tag a vehicle without a title, bill of sale, assessment, and proof of insurance.

 

Maybe comes the 1st he can find your $ instead of going to small claims. Or provide a clean title.

 

Yeah, something needs to be done to motivate the scammer that sold the Jeep. Threaten him with a court summons or jail. He'll find a way to fix the problem.

Right now he has got the victim's money. No motivation to put himself out to get that title.

 

Is there a lien on it? If you know someone at a tow yard have them impound it and put a lien on it.

 

I don't see how it's going to help this guy having another encumbrance on the vehicle.

 

The vehicle is not stolen i have legal consultation and have butt cover twenty ways form H*ll. i am just frustrated with everything going on. the hold is for a different reason in which i cant disclose but i can say it has nothing to do with the rig owing money, being stolen or anything of that sort. The rig is clean there is just a few other problems with the previous owner, but legally it is mine, according to a bunch of different contracts, the only thing that says its not is not being able to register the title in my own name.


Thank you for all of the advise, i will post update on whats going on, to my build thread, again thanks for everything, your advise and time is much appreciated!