If you sold a pickup and signed the title over but received a check that bounced, what can you do?
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If you sold a pickup and signed the title over but received a check that bounced, what can you do?
Asked on April 2, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You can sue for the money owed you for the truck, as well as for additional costs incurred (e.g. bounced or dishonored check fees). You could not repossess the truck, unfortunately, unless the truck had secured (been collateral for) the buyer's obligation to pay; in the absence of such a security interest in the truck (which would have had to have been provided for in or by an agreement between you and the buyer), your only recouse is to sue for monetary compensation.
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