Think Twice About Loaning Your Car To Someone Even For A Short Time
This is a story of how Larkins Investigations recovered a vehicle reported as stolen, but under the current laws it was lent to someone then not returned, and this does not constitute a stolen vehicle so they hired Larkins to recover it.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- So, you loan your car out to a friend and they never return it, is this vehicle legally stolen? If you report this to your local law enforcement, this isn't considered a stolen vehicle because you gave your consent for them to take it. So, they tell you this is now a civil matter. Since this is no longer a criminal matter where the police will get involved and help you recover your vehicle, what do you do? Hiring a Private Investigator (PI) and filing a civil summons complaint against the person who has your car should be your first step.
Hiring the PI gives you many of the same advantages as the police taking on your case, but even more. First and foremost, they will take your case and it will be their number one priority, unlike the police, who many times have a large volume of cases to investigate.
The private investigator will start by checking the background of the person who has your car to determine; their criminal history, associates, and their workplace. These are many of the starting points of locating your vehicle. Next, they can enter your vehicle into a database watch list. The information will now be available to anyone running information on your vehicle, whether it be the police or anyone with legal access to these databases. The next step that your PI will take is running what's called a vehicle sighting report. The vehicle sighting report shows all the times that your vehicle's license plate has been run by a license plate reader and documents the location. License plate readers are mounted on some police cars, government housing areas, traffic cameras and repossession companies' vehicles.
Your PI can utilize the travel patterns of your vehicle, and all information obtained from these sources, to secure physical custody of your vehicle for it's return to you. Your PI will photograph and document any damages or missing items from the vehicle to prepare for any further civil action that you may wish to pursue.
By utilizing a Private Investigator in this legal gray area, you now have a third party with the resources, expertise and determination to ensure that you are able to recover your vehicle without adverse legal consequences to you, and without a long term civil litigation that may or may not return the results that you desire. This is something we at Larkins Investigations in Nashville have a lot of experience with. Give us a call or visit our website Private Investigator Nashville.
Mathew Larkins
Larkins Investigations
424 Church St Suite 2000,
Nashville TN 37072
615-412-5133
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