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This is a state by state thing, if you follow up with the people indicated here, you should be able to get title to the car, register it, drive it. A free car, or nearly free. Why would you not want that?
This is a state by state thing, if you follow up with the people indicated here, you should be able to get title to the car, register it, drive it. A free car, or nearly free. Why would you not want that?
Probably because doing what we've described here isn't really all that easy. When the payoff is a 2008 Altima in who knows what condition, it actually might ultimately not be worth it. Or it might be. Not for us to say.
I would not recommend just abandoning it. Aside from the enviro-hazard (leaking fluids) and the eyesore, the car may be traceable to OP. If so, that will cost him.
Well, just in case, donate it to a charity such as Kars4Kids, they don't care about the title. It's only worth a thousand or so anyway, may as well take a tax deduction.
We couldn't even donate a slide-in truck camper without the right paperwork.
I would not recommend just abandoning it. Aside from the enviro-hazard (leaking fluids) and the eyesore, the car may be traceable to OP. If so, that will cost him.
The OP said the car wasn't titled or registered in his name. Not sure how it could come back to him....
The OP said the car wasn't titled or registered in his name. Not sure how it could come back to him....
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OP said his aunt, who got the car from the g-parents, once had the title, but lost it. If the state or county wants to, they may be able to use the vin number to trace it at least to the aunt. I assume she would have something to say to her nephew in that case.
OP said his aunt, who got the car from the g-parents, once had the title, but lost it. If the state or county wants to, they may be able to use the vin number to trace it at least to the aunt. I assume she would have something to say to her nephew in that case.
So, if the aunt is still alive, call the aunt and say "Remember that Nissan...? It's in your name, I can't title it or legally drive it, so I'm abandoning it. It's located at "X" if you want to deal with it...." The car isn't titled or registered in his name. It's not his problem.
That is not true. Charities are not allowed to accept goods that might be stolen without proof that they aren't. What would they do with them if it turned out they didn't belong to the person trading them in? Nobody in the organization would be allowed to drive it. They couldn't sell it to use the funds for their purposes, either. What would their end game be in accepting it?
I donated a car to the American Stroke Association a year and a half ago. They definitely asked for the pink slip.
This varies from city to city, I know for a fact, (around here), the charities that accept vehicle donations do not ask for docs/pink slip, when my grandparents got too old and stopped driving, they gave me their car, I didnt need it or have any use for it, my wife suggested I donate it, This was over 15 yrs ago, but I remember just handing them the keys and that was it, they gave me receipt for the BB value.
Im not certain, but I believe the charities actually get the title and all the docs, (in the name of the person they give it to), I dont think they sell the cars outright, they give them to needy people in the area.
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