The AD keeps putting liens on the cars I buy for cash!

Is that the way they can ensure that - not sure just a guess ???

 

Not an attorney, and you didn't cite the location, but I would think a Right of First Refusal would be considered a contract and would trump a lien since you imply paying the full balance for the vehicles. Since no money is owed for property or services, the lien is probably not valid and is actually for $0.00 and not $1.00, which might be considered an erroneous (or fraudulent) claim.

Perhaps you may want to consider taking the dealer to Small Claims Court.

 

ROFR is a joke and not enforceable......I would absolutely apes&*t if a dealer put a $1 lien on a car I bought for cash

 

According to Chapter 319 Section 27 of the Florida Statutes, a dealer must indicate when/if they are placing a lien on your vehicle (notification to lien holder) which, the piece of paper you signed and "consented" to would be this, HOWEVER, I'm willing to bet in the signing process, they did NOT explicitly state to you what you were signing for on that page, and what it indicated.

(I'm not a lawyer, I just hate jerks)

 

+1 absolutely

 

Paradoxically it's a sign of insecurity on their part. Pitiable really. FNA might also feel something about them?

 

You definitely should read the documents that you sign. One of the documents you signed would have been called "Application for Certificate of Motor Vehicle Title). It is Florida form 82040. In section 4 it would indicate if there was a lien or not.

 

Putting an unwarranted cloud on title surly must be void ab initio.

 

I hate acronyms. What is AD?

 

Possibly, however it may be contracted for in the ROFR agreement. Some dealers (Ferrari and Porsche) have been known to place that in the agreement. If it's not in the agreement and it was just placed on there without the buyers knowledge that may possibly be fraud and reported to the AG office (just a general statement and not saying it was in this case, since we do not know all of the facts)

 

Usually Authorized dealer.

 

Thanks...I never understand why people write in acronym and AENWTATA

 

If you paid the dealer $1, wouldn't the lien be removed?

 

@roma1280 You mentioned this is the second car they put a lien on. Were you able to get them to remove the first one?

 

Safe to say you are done buying Ferraris. Atleast from this dealer?

 

Wow, you learn something new every day. I've dealt with some really shady dealers but this is a new one for me. I can't imagine how pissed I'd be in this situation - paying cash for a car and then discovering that there is a lien on the car which was placed there by the seller. If this is the seller's/dealer's MO then they should be making it CRYSTAL clear to the buyer what they are doing...otherwise, I'd have to think this is illegal. Then again, what buyer would willingly agree to this BS sales agreement?

I agree with Rob. This dealer needs to be exposed. How many of their customers are currently driving around in their cars - blissfully unaware that they actually have a lien on the car when they think they own it outright?

 

This is nonsense. Tell which dealer. If you didn’t sell the car but merely wanted to retitle elsewhere this is still an issue and is absurd. You still have it but maybe want it relocated to different state registration. That is some bullshoot stuff going on there.