Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Illinois

I, unfortunately, put a car in my name for my fiance. He then got an IPASS under his name and address which obviously doesn't match the vehicle information. He is irresponsible and does not put money on the IPASS but goes through that lane. They are sending me the violation notices. Am I responsible for payment due to their negligence of not verifying the vehicle information matching his information? Can I dispute these? I have paid several in the past after getting the money from him to pay them which probably set a pattern that I agreed that I am liable. But am I really? How can I rectify this?


Asked on 11/20/09, 9:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Messutta

If the car is titled and registered to him and he got the ipass I don't understand how you can be being cited since you would have nothing to do legally with the car. So some facts are missing. If you own the car, however, you can be liable where the ipass holder who has your car registered on ipass fails to pay toll violations. As owner you are responsible in that case. How to avoid this? Make him assign the car to you, put the registration in your name, take the keys away and maybe even sell the car. Or assign title to him and then you should have nothing to do with the car, if that's what you want. But if you do the latter you may still get notices and may have to go to hearings to prove you no longer are the owner.

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Answered on 11/29/09, 10:21 pm


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