Charles Hughes' Lexus CT200 was foreclosed by the bailiff, even though Charles is debt-free and doesn't owe so much as a penny.
Charles Hughes is debt free. He doesn't owe so much as a dime on his Lexus CT200. Nevertheless, the car has now been sold at forced auction by the bailiff.
This is written by Swedish Mestmotor .
66-year-old Charles Hughes had the car impounded because another man who owes money was stopped in the car. A man that Charles had allowed to borrow the car.
And so the table catches, at least according to the Swedish rules for people who owe money. The 94,000 Swedish kroner the bailiff got out of the sale is, moreover, 25,000 kroner less than a car dealer had offered Charles in exchange for the car shortly before.
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The law on attachment of cars via forced auctions is not new in Sweden. But on the first of August 2022, the law was changed so that the police can call the bailiff and get a basis to impound the car right now and here.
What cost Charles the car was that for about 15 years he has had a tenant living there who owes money. The tenant himself informed the police that he had not stolen it and that he drove the car every day.
Therefore, the enforcement court also assessed that the car could easily be seized and forcibly resold to cover the debt.
Although Charles appealed the decision to the district court, the bailiff was right. The court system considered that Charles cannot prove that he paid for the car with money from his own bank account.
Now the case has been appealed again to the High Court, where Charles and his wife have gathered around 70 pages of bank statements and account statements to prove that they together paid for the car, which the state took to cover someone else's debt.
– You have to know what the legislation looks like. So don't regularly lend the car or other things to someone with debt, says Linda Ståhlberg, head of special debt enforcement in Kronofogden to Mestmotor.
Here at home, drivers also run the risk of losing their car, even if they are not actually behind the wheel. It happens when the car is lent to a crazy driver. But is that okay? Share your opinion with us in the comment track for this article on Boosted's Facebook page.
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