question regarding perjury-see details.?

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My niece holds title and registration to a car her father purchased, her father was arrested on federal warrants and he was found guilty and is serving time. He is now threatening to have her put in jail for perjury because when the vehicles were seized she had to prove how she purchased the vehicle- she had statements written from her grandmother and her mother stating they helped her purchase the car(which was his  idea so she would have a car). Will they really be brought up on charges? He states he has proof he paid cash for the car and not my niece and her family.

He is threatening because she bought herself a new car and he wants the other car back. She was intending on returning the car to him upon his release but he feels she used him to get the car(he's a little selfish).So he started threatening bodily and property harm and she got mad and told him he wasn't getting it back.

tripforyou · Accepted Answer

He's a convict, she doesn't have much to worry about legally.  There's no chance (almost...) of her being brought to trial on a perjury case, but he might be able to do something in civil court... honestly if she has a new car she should give the car in question back just because it won't be worth the hassle.  Remember it's up to the distric attourney whether or not to bring criminal charges, and he's not likely to get involved in a family dispute like this...

Even in the very obscure possibility that the DA did even consider the case, he won't prosecute for one very good reason.  The case would be based on one thing, the word of a convict against the word of your neice, her mother, and her grandmother.  DA's don't prosecute cases they know they can't win.

busymom · Answer

I'm not an expert, but I believe that if she holds title and registration, she is considered the legal owner of the vehicle.  It would then put the burden of proof on her father to prove he is the legal owner.  But, if he paid the money for the car and she has title, that car could be considered a gift from father to daughter.  I don't understand the bringing mom and grandmother into the situation--if he pushes the issue, he'd have to prove that they "purgered" themselves.  I think it's POSSIBLE that charges could be brought, but I think it's not likely he could prove them.

george · Answer

Unless there's a written proof that he paid cash for the car, and that she would pay him back for it, he can't press charges for perjury. Also, if she was under 18 when the exchange took place, then he can't press charges since she was a minor at the time.

connie777lee · Answer

Unless your niece was under oath saying that you bought the car, it's not perjury. Let the prison guy rant and rave all he wants, he can't do anything, prisoners don't have rights. Report him to prison officials if you are being threatened. They can't do that either.

Anonymous · Answer

I wouldn't worry too much about this,but I would makesure his threats are on record. It can only work heavily against him and possibly earn him more time in the slammer.

voodomd · Answer

Give him the darn car and write him off forever he has shown the type of person he is.

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