I need some advice here on what I should/could about this situation, its a somewhat long read...
Purchased a car last summer, car A, let say, well traded my old car for it..and no cash was exchanged in the purchase of the car, car B. Fine, then about 6 months later, I traded the said car A I had acquired for another car, car C, plus some cash on top since it was worth more than my car. All private transactions
So now I have car C which I paid + traded my car and the previous owner of car C, has car A, the one I originally traded for. Car B is long gone to the guy I traded it to originally and is a moot point, and doesnt matter for this.
About 5 months ago, traded my new car A + cash for car C, which I have been driving for the last little while. Now, I get a call from the current owner of the car saying he traded the car in and then found out there was a lien on the car!
So, I was originally under the impression that you could not register a car with a lien on it, but since it has been twice since, and I have since found out, that is not the case.
Yes, yes I know, SHOULD have done a lien check, but that doesnt matter anymore since I didnt and need to sort it out. Now, the lien document is showing under the name of the guy who I bought the car from, and he wrote in his writing, on the bill of sale in addition to what it already says, that "the car is free of a liens etc."
The part that confuses me is that the lien date is a date in which I had posseision of the car, several months after I had bought it (traded for) from the previous owner. It does however still show it in his name.
So now what? The guy who has the car now didnt get a lien check either (yes, I guess we both know next time) and the dealership where he traded the car into came back to him and said this is the case. He is the current registered owner of the car.
Any help/advice would be appreciated. I am just as interested in clearing this up as the current owner is, and by no means want to be a deadbeat.