Legal Question in Consumer Law in California
i recently bought a 1993 Toyota 4 runner from a privet party. i noticed that tags where not current , so i asked the owner if the vehicle is current ? he said no but it is none-op'ed. the owner also stated on countless occasions to several different people that looked at the truck with me, that it was none-oped. so i bought the vehicle. then when i went to register the truck in my name, the dmv told me that the truck had never been none-op'ed and the back fees have stacked up to $793.00 dollars. i wondering is ther anything i can do to force them to pay the back fees?
2 Answers from Attorneys
You should not be responsible for unpaid registration, but I do not know for sure.
It does not seem fair, but you never know about the DMV.
Mr. Marman is wrong. Anyone who wants to register a vehicle must bring the registration current regardless of who owned the vehicle when the charges were incurred. Your remedy is to take the seller to small claims court for fraud. Be sure to bring your witnesses who heard him tell you it was under non-operation status.
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