My question involves business law in the state of: Colorado.
My vehicle was considered abandoned on private property following an eviction. I was not a resident of the property, my vehicle was left there to be fixed by the individual who was living there. My vehicle was taken to a local scrap yard (48 hours after the eviction) and sold using a bill of sale, shortly before they closed. My vehicle was crushed the following business day, first thing in the morning. The individual was not the title holder but the vehicle was accepted anyways. The scrap yard stated that because they are also a licensed motor vehicle dealership in addition to being a scrap yard, they did not have to have a title to purchase the vehicle. They also said that no appraisal of the vehicle was done because it was sold to them and that scrap yards determine value of vehicles based off of the price of steel. They said doing an appraisal would not have made a difference as the vehicles value in steel would not have been a high enough dollar amount for them to be required to obtain a title. My issue is that I believe that they were acting as both a dealership and a scrap yard in the same transaction. Is there any sort of business law that states that they would have had to follow the laws under both of the licenses? It seems that they took any conflicting laws within their two licenses and chose to follow the laws that would speed up the process, rather than making sure that all laws within the entirety of their business opeartions/licenses were followed.
I also have another question regarding the same issue. The individual who brought my vehicle to the scrap yard was working for a company that had been hired by the bank. They feel that they are not responsible as they were acting as an agent of the bank and sheriff's office. Are there any laws that state that you are still required to know the laws, even if you are acting as an agent? The bank nor the sheriff's office instruct the company on how to do the job or what laws to follow, they simply hire them to do the job for them (to be an agent for them). Does no responsibility fall on the business to know the laws?
Thank you for any and all help.
My vehicle was considered abandoned on private property following an eviction. I was not a resident of the property, my vehicle was left there to be fixed by the individual who was living there. My vehicle was taken to a local scrap yard (48 hours after the eviction) and sold using a bill of sale, shortly before they closed. My vehicle was crushed the following business day, first thing in the morning. The individual was not the title holder but the vehicle was accepted anyways. The scrap yard stated that because they are also a licensed motor vehicle dealership in addition to being a scrap yard, they did not have to have a title to purchase the vehicle. They also said that no appraisal of the vehicle was done because it was sold to them and that scrap yards determine value of vehicles based off of the price of steel. They said doing an appraisal would not have made a difference as the vehicles value in steel would not have been a high enough dollar amount for them to be required to obtain a title. My issue is that I believe that they were acting as both a dealership and a scrap yard in the same transaction. Is there any sort of business law that states that they would have had to follow the laws under both of the licenses? It seems that they took any conflicting laws within their two licenses and chose to follow the laws that would speed up the process, rather than making sure that all laws within the entirety of their business opeartions/licenses were followed.
I also have another question regarding the same issue. The individual who brought my vehicle to the scrap yard was working for a company that had been hired by the bank. They feel that they are not responsible as they were acting as an agent of the bank and sheriff's office. Are there any laws that state that you are still required to know the laws, even if you are acting as an agent? The bank nor the sheriff's office instruct the company on how to do the job or what laws to follow, they simply hire them to do the job for them (to be an agent for them). Does no responsibility fall on the business to know the laws?
Thank you for any and all help.
Business Regulation: Business Laws; Multiple Licenses and "Agent" Laws
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