Before you sign your name to that sales contract for a used car, do what the article in this link suggests that you do: check to see if the vehicle has any outstanding parking tickets written against it.
Apparently, since Sept. 12, the government has been enforcing a law that it instituted in 1992 which says all parking fines have to be collected on a car and it doesn't matter who the tickets were originally written out to.
"...Since Sept. 12 on Oahu and August on the neighbor islands, the state has been holding drivers responsible for parking infractions accrued by their vehicles' previous owners. In dozens of cases, buyers have not been able to renew vehicle registrations.
And the options for owners are few -- either pay the fine, get the car's previous owner or owners to cover it, or file an application for default judgment to dispute the merits of the citation. To request a judgment, though, the owner must post an appearance bond equal to the parking violation fees against the vehicle...."
Wonder why all of a sudden they decided to start enforcing this law anyway? Do the County governments need the extra revenue?
Miulang
Apparently, since Sept. 12, the government has been enforcing a law that it instituted in 1992 which says all parking fines have to be collected on a car and it doesn't matter who the tickets were originally written out to.
"...Since Sept. 12 on Oahu and August on the neighbor islands, the state has been holding drivers responsible for parking infractions accrued by their vehicles' previous owners. In dozens of cases, buyers have not been able to renew vehicle registrations.
And the options for owners are few -- either pay the fine, get the car's previous owner or owners to cover it, or file an application for default judgment to dispute the merits of the citation. To request a judgment, though, the owner must post an appearance bond equal to the parking violation fees against the vehicle...."
Wonder why all of a sudden they decided to start enforcing this law anyway? Do the County governments need the extra revenue?
Miulang
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