"Notice of Abandoned Motor Vehicle"

I got a certified letter yesterday, titled "Notice of Abandoned Motor Vehicle" from an auto sales place in South Dakota. So I guess this means the guy I traded my old blazer to never registered it into his name, and left it somewhere or it was stolen and abandoned.

Anyone here from Sioux Falls, SD and would like to check it out and see if its completely ruined for me? lol

It was towed to the lot on Nov. 29th, $15 a day storage fee, $90 tow fee.. so when the letter was dated on Dec. 7th the charge is $225. Says I have 30 days to claim it or it'll be removed from the lot.

Pretty interesting.. never dealt with this before, any suggestions? Definitely not driving to SD to get it lol.

I have had this exact thing happen to me and I got my truck back for 350 bucks and sold it again. I never did get ahold of the guy that i sold it to first. I was gonna give it back to him if he paid the impound fee. If you don't want it and you sent in a notice of sale to the DOL after you sold it you are off the hook, if you didn't send in a notice of sale you are sure to get a call from a collection agency in the near future.

I was 16 and my dad handled the trading part.. don't remember sending in anything like that though lol. I wish I could see the condition it's in, if it were closer I'd get it back.. or hell maybe it's possible to let someone up there have it for the impound fee if it's worth it to them. Anyone in Sioux Falls, SD contact me lol.

i'm surpised it made it that far. maybe the guy saw the frame and was like "fuck this shit" and left it on the side of the road.

He drove it from Corpus Christy (sp?), Texas to South Dakota lol. He claimed to not care of the work it needed, supposedly him and his friend were good at working on stuff like that.. and were gonna install the brand new Super Pivot SD.com 4link I gave him with it and backhalf it.

I got a bagged 94 Lincoln mark 8 out of it.. which I sold to my dad and the trans went out after driving it a few times around here. Sucks ass, but will make a cool project for my dad or brother.

maybe he tried to get it licenced there and it wouldnt pass an inspection so he ditched it.

LOL maybe so.. last I heard, IMed him on Mautofied, and he said he sold/traded to a friend and it was sitting in the yard for the longest time. I wish it was closer I'd definitely go check it out and get it back if it wasnt completely ruined.

IF THIS IS ABOUT THE BAGGED BLAZER THE TRUCK IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE HE LOST THE TITLE AND SOLD IT FOR SOEM REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY... NOW A DEALERSHIP UP HERE HAS TI AND THERE TRYING TO GET A TITLE, THE VEHICLE IS STILL REGERSTERD IN YOUR NAME, AT ALL COST YOU COULD SIMPLE SAY YOUR COMMIN TO GET IT OR HAVE IT TOWED TO SOMEONES HOUSE TILL YOU CAN GET IT PICKED UP. NOTICE THO THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT AND IT HASNT BEEN REALLY TAKEN CAR OF.. DEFINITLY WORHT PICKIN UP THO IF ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PAY THE TOW FEE.. AND IF NOTHIGN ELSE YA CAN TAKE ANOTHER 1500 OR SO ON OT THE TITLE FOR THEM TO GET IT BUT YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT LETTER WITHIN 90 DAYS I BELIEVE OR THEY GET A TITLE FROM THE STATE FOR IT... OS GET ON IT ASAP WITH WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO IF YOU NEED ANYMORE INFO ON IT EMAIL ME AT JR2002192000@YAHOO.COM

um, maybe my math is fucked but I come up with 480 due for tow and storage.. The storage doesnt stop just because they sent a letter..

I got a letter on a car I sold, from the city though, saying "come get it or we'll tow it". I argued that I sold it, they said "show us a bill of sale" so I went and picked the car up, applied for a dupe title and sold it again.

Edited: 12/24/2005 1:06:08 PM by WhyNotFab

JR thanks for the info. Do you know what problems it does have? How does it even look now?

Russ you're right the tow/storage fee is pretty big now.. I wish I would've known the day it got towed or whatever, my girlfriend has family up there.. might help me in the end somehow.

Any other suggestions/info let me know. Or if anyone needs it for parts.. that might work out.. who knows.