CNCJerry
Well-known member
Has anyone gone through the legal process of claiming an abandoned vehicle? Anyone that has done this, any estimate of the cost of doing so?
Looking at hiring a lawyer to do the work, as I have no idea what I am doing, and the inter webs is not much help.
Vehicle in question, 2019 Ford F-150, black, short bed, crew cab, 4x4, super crew 5.0L I believe. Looks mostly like a basic trim model, cloth seats, key start, drop in plastic bed liner, alloy wheels.
Truck has been sitting in the exact spot about five years, all four tires are flat, bags of top soil in the bed sprouted trees a few years ago, no keys, all doors and tail gate locked, I assume battery is dead, rotors rusted solid, still has the temp tag in the rear window, possible rodent damage there are seeds on the floor and seats. I am guessing it has less then 10k miles on it, maybe even less then 5K.
Short story, what I will tell the lawyer- truck is on my neighbors property parked their five years ago, home owners moved out two years ago (husband and wife) and I bought house and property, the husband passed away last year. I have contacted the pervious home owner a few times about getting it out of here and nothing has happened, last commutation I had with her she said “do what you want with it I don’t care”, that was in December, no commutation since.
Long story, not telling the lawyer, I heard this third person so I am not one hundred percent sure on the details, truck was owned by a friend of above mentioned husband and wife, the wife checked in on him every few weeks or so. The guy was hoarder and recluse locked himself in his falling down home, he eventually died in the house under a pile of trash and was found buy my neighbors’ wife; it was estimated he was dead about two weeks. The guy had no living family only person that knew him was my former neighbors. They drove the truck to their property and the house was so bad they had it demolished and is now an empty lot. I assume they were trying to get the title transfer to their name but since it was only a friend of the family it was almost impossible, and they put no effort into the lawyer route to do so.
Any suggestions will help thanks.
Looking at hiring a lawyer to do the work, as I have no idea what I am doing, and the inter webs is not much help.
Vehicle in question, 2019 Ford F-150, black, short bed, crew cab, 4x4, super crew 5.0L I believe. Looks mostly like a basic trim model, cloth seats, key start, drop in plastic bed liner, alloy wheels.
Truck has been sitting in the exact spot about five years, all four tires are flat, bags of top soil in the bed sprouted trees a few years ago, no keys, all doors and tail gate locked, I assume battery is dead, rotors rusted solid, still has the temp tag in the rear window, possible rodent damage there are seeds on the floor and seats. I am guessing it has less then 10k miles on it, maybe even less then 5K.
Short story, what I will tell the lawyer- truck is on my neighbors property parked their five years ago, home owners moved out two years ago (husband and wife) and I bought house and property, the husband passed away last year. I have contacted the pervious home owner a few times about getting it out of here and nothing has happened, last commutation I had with her she said “do what you want with it I don’t care”, that was in December, no commutation since.
Long story, not telling the lawyer, I heard this third person so I am not one hundred percent sure on the details, truck was owned by a friend of above mentioned husband and wife, the wife checked in on him every few weeks or so. The guy was hoarder and recluse locked himself in his falling down home, he eventually died in the house under a pile of trash and was found buy my neighbors’ wife; it was estimated he was dead about two weeks. The guy had no living family only person that knew him was my former neighbors. They drove the truck to their property and the house was so bad they had it demolished and is now an empty lot. I assume they were trying to get the title transfer to their name but since it was only a friend of the family it was almost impossible, and they put no effort into the lawyer route to do so.
Any suggestions will help thanks.
