I bought my truck from a shady dealer
In April 2015, I bought my truck from the used car lot dealer. They seemed very nice, but there was some fishy thing about them. Turns out I was right and I should had walked away. Basically, that dea...
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IdaD wrote:
UCC 2-403, guys. Or in Texas it would be Tex. Bus. Comm. Code 2.403, technically. UCC Article 2 has some different flavors depending on the state but they're all mostly the same. In particular look at subsections (b) and (c).
(b) Any entrusting of possession of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of that kind gives him power to transfer all rights of the entruster to a buyer in ordinary course of business.
(c) "Entrusting" includes any delivery and any acquiescence in retention of possession regardless of any condition expressed between the parties to the delivery or acquiescence and regardless of whether the procurement of the entrusting or the possessor's disposition of the goods have been such as to be larcenous under the criminal law.
Unless there's something obviously wrong with the title or something else is going on that you haven't shared, it's your truck.
Edit - not legal advice.
Boy everyone is getting all worked up. This is correct. As long as it was a dealer there are UCC protections in place for the buyer. If what the OP stated is true the individuals that owned the car have an unsecured claim against the dealer with no recourse to the buyer.
