Prueba de gravamen en vehículos según la ley de Georgia

Explicación Simple

Cuando compras un carro, a veces el vendedor debe dinero sobre él. Si hay un gravamen, significa que alguien tiene un derecho sobre ese carro hasta que se pague la deuda. La ley dice que un documento oficial puede probar que hay un gravamen.

Es como cuando le prestas un libro a un amigo, pero le dices que aún lo tienes hasta que te devuelva el dinero que le prestaste. El libro es tuyo, pero hay un acuerdo que lo relaciona con la deuda.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan compra un automóvil usado de María. María le dice a Juan que aún debe dinero por el carro. Si se emite un certificado que muestra que hay un gravamen sobre el vehículo, Juan tiene que saber que no puede vender el carro sin primero resolver la deuda de María.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Certified transcript by commissioner showing vehicle lien. - Under Ga. L. 1962, p. 79, § 7 (see now O.C.G.A. § 40-3-23 ), once a certificate of title is issued, a transcript certified to by the commissioner showing a notice of a lien on a motor vehicle is prima facie evidence of the liens' existence so as to protect the holder as against a subsequent transferee of the vehicle. Capital Auto. Co. v. Continental Credit Corp., 117 Ga. App. 451 , 160 S.E.2d 836 (1968). Admissibility of copy of application in evidence. - Copy of application is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original application. Harper v. Green, 115 Ga. App. 525 , 154 S.E.2d 762 (1967). Records incorporated into investigatory case file. - Although motor vehicle records used by police during the "Atlanta child murders" case were not open for public inspection under the Public Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., this did not preclude public disclosure when a law-enforcement officer who had inspected the records incorporated information therefrom into an investigatory case file. Napper v. Georgia Television Co., 257 Ga. 156 , 356 S.E.2d 640 (1987). Disclosure by bank of customer financing. - Disclosure by bank that customer was involved with motor vehicles financed through bank was not an invasion of privacy based on public disclosure of private facts as at the time of the disclosure, motor vehicle certificates of title were public records open to public inspection.