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So this morning I'm awaked by my brother to tell me the car's been booted. I walk outside to the camry to see this monstrosity:
I've had the car for 2 weeks now and this is what i get. The paper said that the car has 5 or more delinquent tickets. However, there is a parking ticket in my name already for this car (yes, stupid, i know) but it has been less than 2 weeks ago and is under investigation so hence, it is not considered a late ticket yet. The previous owner must've not paid his parking tickets. so my questions to you are: am i responsible for this since i'm the registered owner now or do they look at the dates of the tickets and charge him since they were when he owned it? when we bought the car, he wrote a small contract saying he takes responsibility off the car but since this involves the parking police, can i go around the contract? i haven't went to him about the miscellaneous repairs the car needed but now this is too much.
Please help
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Yes, Alex is the resident woman-problems guy here at TN... take his advice...
'95 i4 camry sedan -> wrecked june of 2006 by a girl who couldn't drive
'95 v6 camry coupe (dropped, rimmed, front end converted, tinted and debadged) -> current
A perfect example of why it is ridiculous for the tag to stay with the car instead of the person. A car can be tracked by VIN, no need to keep the tag with it and track things that way.
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If you just purchased the car, the DMV may not have processed the title change yet. California is a strange place, is there some law in the state that makes the new owner responsible for any previous owners tickets. Check with the DMV. If no, call down to whatever agency is listed on the notice on your car and explain the situation. You may need to fill out some form stating the car was transferred after the previous tickets were issued. I am sure they have run into this before. In the mean time you’re stuck. Don’t go cutting off the boot or the state will go after you for costs plus a fine.
That reminds of that one episode of The Simpsons when Homer tries to take the boot off his car but he can't . Not a bad idea though, torch that shitty little lock off.
^^ yeah, those things scratch rims like crazy. i'm interested what happened on the other side of the rim too since the lock is double sided. they better not have damaged the cv boots.
__________________ "live in the moment, forget the past and ignore the future"
Quote:
Originally Posted by white3ch0c0late
Yes, Alex is the resident woman-problems guy here at TN... take his advice...
'95 i4 camry sedan -> wrecked june of 2006 by a girl who couldn't drive
'95 v6 camry coupe (dropped, rimmed, front end converted, tinted and debadged) -> current
See if you kept a copy of the paperwork that you received when you paid for the car. Read the fine print. Depending on how you did it and the state that you are in there may be some verbiage that says the seller is responsible for any expenses prior to the date of sale. If so, you could have him pay it IF you can persuade him to do so (Lawyers are usually more expensive than the problem). However, if the state insists that they are your tickets, and for the sake of expediency, you may want to just go ahead and pay it off. More expensive but less hassle. Offer to the powers that be to pay off the fines but that the previous owner should be caught for the interest and penalties. If you can keep your cool they sometimes will negotiate... Make sure that they don't transfer the information to your record. Take him to small claims court if you want to spend the time involved.
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ugh...booted!
. Not a bad idea though, torch that shitty little lock off.
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