well its the san mateo police department. well i get a knock at my door this morning and its the detectives from the san mateo police dpt. i say hello and they ask is this the residence of Leonard Santos and i say yes. well they tell me they are investigating a hit and run that occured a few days ago. i say ok. well they say do u own a 96 plymouth neon. i say i use to and they well how long did i get rid of it. i say like november of last year. they well what did u do with it . i say i gave it a o nonprofit for a tax right off. they say do u have proof of this transaction. i say sure lemme get the paperwork. . well i come back and show them all the paper work. they say ok well we need to ask a few morequestions i say sure. what was the reason foir getting rif it. i say well we had just bought a new volvo and didnt need it anymore and didnt want to go thru the hassle of selling it so we did research on non profits to give it to the best one we seemed fit. well they ask did u get a transfer of title from them. i said no because when do u ever do that when u sell it. they asked because somone paid for the registration in my name and committed fraud. so at this moment i amd like damn i am dso screwed because they still used my name to register it. well they ask me to contack the non profit and ask them a few quaetions on speaker.(i thought this was odd). so i call and get all answers and the police say ok. well after all that i find out that they dont register in there name they just put me down for a no liability transfer at the dmv. well the police say okay well we will eliminate as a suspect but will still need to keep in contact withu . i say no problem. cool all that done i think. then i get a call from the tow company and storage yard and they tell me since the car was still registered under me that i am liable for the 30 day impound and the tow fee. (like $2000). i say hell no. i have a relase of liability. well they tell me that doesnt mean nothing. i wanted to them to go to hell. i tell them i had just spoken to the police and they have cleared me. they said well that doesnt matter. he said if i dont pay when time is up and if they cant auction the car that they will sned me to collections. they told me the best way to handle it is to pay them then to take the non profit to court to recoup my money. i said we shall see. now my question is do they have the right to take me to collections if i have a release of liabilty from the dmv? does anyone know or ever had anything like thi happen to them. this a complete night mare. i amd so glad that no one doied in the hit and run. i think i would be at the police atstion right now. i could really use some feed back. this is starting to eat at me. i feel like calling the tow company and telling them to go suck a duck. what should i do consult a lawyer which i cant afford right now?
