car loan default and worse

[bigproblem]

I have a huge issue! A family member, who is now in a treatment program for substance abuse, a week or so before entering the program walked into a car dealership in South East Florida and bought a new 2007 car. He did so with no job and no credit, no down payment. Not sure why the loan companies allow this to happen. A few days after purchase he "sold" the car to another person for $300 and no title etc. He has now been in treatment for 2 1/2 months and is clean, sober and recovering and realizes what a bad decision this whole situation was.

At this point he has no money and worse no car to have repossessed. He has just started a job search and hopefully soon will be employed again. He doesn't want to get into legal or financial trouble. What are his options? We are all really nervous about this.

 

[seniorjudge]

Q: What are his options?

A: You could pay for the car you got.

 

[Duranie]

If he has the title to the car he is the legal owner.

Has he demaneded the car back from the person he supposedly sold it to?

He can talk to the police to see if he can report it as stolen, but there are some variables here. He might want to talk to an attorney to see if he has any recourse in getting the car back.