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Can my car get taken away from me if my friend drove without insurance
Last year I decided to teach my friend how to drive my 5 speed stick shift car. Long story short, we got hit on the driver side bumper (my car at a complete stop) because the other girl was texting while driving and "didn't see us". After the cop got there he talked to her and let her leave and she even passed the turn into her friends driveway, had to back up her car a good ten fifteen feet to go to where she was trying to go. My passenger side wheels are in the ditch from where my friend got over so far trying to avoid the girl. Anyways she got the ticket for no insurance I and paid court costs and paid the ticket but now (eight months later) messages me on facebook to tell me that she wants me to send her my tags a registration to send to Nashville over the wreck so her name can be cleared and she can get her liscence back and my liscence be revoked. So not friends anymore. Yes it's my responsibility to have insurance on my car. And it's her responibility for driving. After we argued and she realized I'm not givin her anything she said that my car was going to be taken away from me and she was trying to save my a** So anyways can my car really be taken away from me over her wrecking last year or what?
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This is a yes and no answer. Your registration can be suspended and possibly your drivers license; this would depending on the laws in your state. Driving without insurance is against the law in most states and usually results in the suspension or revocation of your registration. The state can and most likely will impound your car if you are caught driving without insurance and or on a suspended registration.
Generally when and if this happens you need to show proof of insurance. Register your car, pay any fines and pay the towing and storage fees. As long as your car is sitting on your property and not on a city or state road; the worst that can happen is that your registration is suspended or revoked and the sheriff is sent to confiscate the tags.
If your car is now properly insured none of the above should happen other than a summons possibly for driving an uninsured vehicle. That summons I would think go to your friend since she was driving.
Since I am not a lawyer and don't now the laws in your state you could and should check with a lawyer to be be sure. Knowing your rights is important. Being represented by a lawyer should you have to go to court over this can mitigate the outcome for you.
My answer to you is based on the laws in the state I live in. The laws in your state may be very different.
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Yes!!! You need to be careful. The car is yours and because you gave her permission to use it and she made mistakes, you will pay for it. You really need to be careful about who you lend your car to. Its your car and your responsibility and you can be screwed if anything happens.
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No, she's bullshitting you. She was driving, she got in the accident, she's paying the price, and you give her nothing.
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