My Late Husband Sold His Car But They Are Trying to Collect Money From Me. – Donna

“Dear Steve,

My late husnand sold his car because he had cancer and could no longer drive and since then it has had a traffic offence, I had a call to say they were coming today to remove my house hold goods as i’m the wife its down to me to pay off the debt.

Is it down to me to pay it off

Donna”

Dear Donna,

I’m afraid there is some missing information that is critical.

Do you know who your late husband sold the car to?

Do you know if he turned the tags in or informed the motor vehicle department he no longer owned the car?

I would be you don’t have this information at hand and if not, you should contact a local attorney that is licensed in your state for help in getting this properly sorted out.

If the car was registered in his name alone, it is doubtful that either you own the debt (unless you live in a community property state and there is some special allowance for this) or that anything would be seized to repay the debt.

Please post your responses and follow-up messages to me on this in the comments section below.

Steve Rhode Debt Coach and Author

Steve Rhode is the Get Out of Debt Guy and has been helping good people with bad debt problems since 1994. You can learn more about Steve, here.

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