[Loffen]

Originally Posted by johnta1

Loffen, that depends on what state you're in.

That's one of the problems with this thread?
Seems it was done wrong?

In Illinois, the company would have to take quite a few measures first.
Notify the owner after a set amount of time.
File a court case against the owner.
If no one came forward or the owner loses, then the company could apply for a mechanics lien.

Then the title would be a state made one.

Lots of hoops to go through to get it.

Ok Thanks.

I guess you could do it here to, but I have never heard of it, usually the shop will hold the car and then go after the owner, normally everything will be settled before it goes to court wich could take a couple of years here.

What does happend here is normally a dispute over the cost of the repair and that will be seattled fast since we have pretty good consumer rights in Norway.

Interesting tread, just hope that it will be seattled soon and non of the involved parts will suffer to much.