Who has rights over my car?
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Who has rights over my car?
This isn’t so much an accident but something dealing with my car. Around 2 years ago, I put my car in a shop not to far from my town and I was out of state at the time trying to relocate and find a job. I left the car there and figured my dad would pick it up since me and him both knew the shop was trying to squeeze up for a repair that wasnt really needed and I knew they were wrong plus they lost my only key to the car. Since it was left there my dad paid the storage fee and he’s saying that legally the car is his since he paid the fee even though the cars title is in my name same with tag. I’m just wondering if this is a real law or some bull he made up to scare me to pay a title payment on another vehicle we have.
Asked on April 7, 2019 under Business Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, your father is 100% wrong: voluntarily paying (choosing to pay, when you had no legal obligation to pay) fees or costs for another does not give you any right to their property. It does not even give the person a right to reimbursement, since you cannot obligate another to reimburse you unless they agreed in advance to do it. In the law's eyes, your father chose to gift you the storage fees and doing so gives him no rights.
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