Help I Feel SCAMMED...REGISTRATION!!?

Question

Hello i recently bought a car from Texas as a Clean Title and had it towed from there to California. I took it to the DMV for registration and the car came out to be salvage in which point i feel scammed because the car i payed for was indeed clean title. I purchased the car with cashiers check. If any knows any lawyers or what steps i can take to get at least 30 percent of the cars value back i would applicate it thank you and if there is a lawyer in southern California that does cases like this please give me the number to contact..

clean title meaning it was pink slip i talked to the DMV in California and they told me that the car had been a total loss as of 8/6/06 and i purcashed the car online through copart (auction) and i contacted copart in texas and he said that if the car is registered in texas then the car would have a pink slip and im just confused as what does it matter where you register it the had been inputed in the national title ect ect (said by the dmv empolyie in California)

Answer 1

well technically a salvage title is a clean title. clean title means no lein bro.

Answer 2

There are lots of KATRINA flood damaged cars here in Texas too. So it went like this you trusted some one and did not get a CAR FAX report or call Texas Department of Public Safety. County Court House where sold prior to sending money? Now you are complaining. I bought a VW in California made a dune buggy out of it when I took it to Calif. DMV for plates, found out it was stolen out of Iowa. The dentist probably drove it for years. No recourse stolen property. Lost all the money I put into it. Under $2,500 small clames Court but you will have to find a Texas Attorney to bring judgement on a Texan car scammer.

Answer 3

A "clean title" simply meads that there are no outstanding liens on the vehicle. You should have run a title check on the car, such as a CarFax report, to see what the title history on the vehicle was. Your failure to perform due dilligence has cost you. Unless you can prove that the seller specifically stated that the vehicle did NOT have a salvage title, your legal recourse is probably very limited.

You're going to have to decide if the cost of an attorney and an interstate fight are worth what you may recover.

Answer 4

Hey, I work for a dealer in S.C. and a salvage title is considered clean upon an insurance release. But in this case as any the seller must first let you know this was considered at one time a total loss. This sounds like fraud across state lines. You should contact seller and make demands.

Answer 5

Sounds like you got rooked by a technical reference. Probably a Katrina car, clean title to a crook means no liens, and or not stolen, sorry but you are S.O.L unless Johnny Cochran is still around...(oops) contact your BBB and a lawyer, you may still be able to pull a rabbit out of your a**

Answer 6

Are you saying you cannot obtain a titlle for the vehicle or what? If not, there are certain steps you could take to get the origional title transferred into you name.

Answer 7

I would call Texas DMV - 1st and formost and tell them what is wrong - let them figure it our - they will need to clear it up there so that Cali DMV can issue a clean title.

AS far as lawyers well there is always:

http://www.sfbar.org/lawyerreferrals/san-francisco-attorneys.aspx?AC=loc&?ID=022D?KW=lawyers&gclid=CJLiwuuVyocCFTddDgodkVfeHA

Good Luck.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

If any part of your transaction was done through the U.S. Mail, you can report it as mail fraud. They helped me get my money back after trying many other avenues of relief.