Title jumping victim, please help!
I know im sol but I’m desperate! I live in Syracuse ny, title is from PA. We purchased a suv, Where it saids sellers and purchaser we all accidentally filled out wrong (switched spots) I’m like no biggie probably going to need a new title. Well the title doesn’t match the sellers name (bill of sale is under sellers name to). Well we message the seller and it’s a case of title jumping and he contacted the original owner and she’s not responding. We know the car is not stolen because a sheriff ran the vin. The title is notarized. This is what the seller is willing to do: he said he will register under his name and get it insured while we hold on to the plates the dmv gives us (we stay with him at dmv) and when the title comes in he transfers it to us (we have to pay the taxes) or he can give us 2,000 of the money back and when he gets paid he’ll pay us back (we paid 4,500). Honestly I’m at a lost not only was it all the money we had but we drove 1.5 hours for a suv that’s useless to us because of this whole title jumping mess. We have the vehicle, title (filled out wrong) and bill of sell. I genuinely don’t think he did it on purpose but who knows, Please any advice? What would you do? What are my next steps?