Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

I had my car impounded 15 days after I bought it for driving with a suspended license. I didn't know the license was suspended. I was told there would be a thirty day hold on the vehicle, when I called to get the vehicle back I was told the finance company had repossessed the vehicle back and to call them direclty about this issue. When I called the finance company they would not release the vehicle to me until 30 days was up. They acquired my vehicle on May 16th, 2011 and never even sent me a notice about it. Now they want to charge me the full fee of $1137.00 to get the vehcile back and I was told they would not release it to me any sooner, can they do this?


Asked on 5/25/11, 2:49 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Companies that lend money for the purchase of cars generally would prefer that the borrower/buyer be licensed to drive the car. Somewhere in your loan papers you have probably agreed not to drive, or allow anyone to drive, the car without a valid license. Read the paperwork and see what it says. In my opinion, you need both to get reinstated as a licensed driver and to pay the penalty before you can reclaim the car and resume driving.

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Answered on 5/26/11, 12:04 pm


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