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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After getting legal advice, I went ahead and contacted the detective. The advice was that it is better to get it over with. Its better than waiting and wondering if my truck was sold illegally and if it will be impounded at the wrong time.
I contacted the detective and he checked the records with my truck. He said that I should be safe. The reason is that I should be safe is because the dealer may had signed the owner's title by forgery. If the owner comes forward, then my truck could be impounded. He also said that since I have the title and it is registered and I did everything right on my end, I will never be arrested or prosecuted. The worse thing it could happen is my truck will get impounded if the title was forged.
Please note that although police like to think they are lawyers, they are not lawyers. If they impound your truck, call your lawyer.
Source: I'm a lawyer.
Will it better for us to sell the truck and move on? We don't have money to hire a lawyer or go through any kind of legal stuff.
Not unless you won't buy any vehicle to replace it, after all, what guarantee do you have that the replacement vehicle title isn't compromised somehow?
This is like thinking your spouse might be cheating on you, and going ahead and divorcing her just in case.
