{"id":3899,"date":"2025-11-03T11:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murphybattista.com\/?post_type=news_perspective&#038;p=3899"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T00:04:45","slug":"sellers-beware-scott-stanley-explains-loophole-in-most-provincial-vehicle-laws-that-can-leave-honest-sellers-exposed-to-liability","status":"publish","type":"news_perspective","link":"https:\/\/www.murphybattista.com\/fr\/news_perspective\/sellers-beware-scott-stanley-explains-loophole-in-most-provincial-vehicle-laws-that-can-leave-honest-sellers-exposed-to-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Sellers beware! Scott Stanley explains loophole in most provincial vehicle laws that can leave honest sellers exposed to liability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know that BC&rsquo;s auto insurance laws have a serious gap that can leave unsuspecting sellers on the hook? Recently, CBC&rsquo;s Go Public covered a story where a BC man was liable for towing and storage on a car he had sold privately. The problem is a legal loophole in most provincial laws which can result in sellers being held responsible for vehicles after they&rsquo;ve sold them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphybattista.com\/team_member\/j-scott-stanley\/\">Scott Stanley<\/a> explained that \u00ab\u00a0only buyers are required to transfer the registration at the vehicle registry office. The seller doesn\u2019t have to be there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if a buyer never completes the paperwork, the seller&rsquo;s name stays on the registration \u2014 and with it, the responsibility for tickets, towing, insurance or possibly criminal liability.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a Langley, BC man that liability was a $1500 bill when a car he had sold three months earlier was found abandoned without plates and towed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cautionary tale confirms that if you are selling a car privately you would be wise to attend at the vehicle registry office with the buyer to make sure the vehicle is properly transferred.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/go-public-car-registration-auto-driving-insurance-transfer-ownership-b-c-9.6958999\">Man billed $1,500 for vehicle he didn&rsquo;t own, insurer says he still has to pay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that BC&rsquo;s auto insurance laws have a serious gap that can leave unsuspecting sellers on the hook? 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