If someone drives my car whom I am unaware has a suspended license and is drinking, can I be held responsible?
If someone borrows my car whom I am unaware has a suspended license and later goes out drinking and gets pulled over or even in an accident of any type(minor with no one hurt, injuries, or even fatal), could I be held partly responsible or at fault since it is my car?
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You loaned it to them? Then yes.
Any damage done they will go after your insurance company, since the other party would not be covered without a valid license.
If they are in an accident you are liable for any injury or damage they cause, you aren't liable for their behavior criminally though if you did not know they were drunk or suspended.
As far as I know, Yes, because ignorance of the situation involving your property doesn't make you innocent..
I am not a lawyer though...you should check with one.
You sure can and will be~It's YOUR car and YOUR responsible for it unless it is stolen and you report it as such~
citation would go to driver, but insurane your responsilible-be careful, could very very expensive
In almost all states of the union, the owner of a car is legally responsible for the results when he allows another person to operate the car. This applies even in the absence of fault on your part.
You are ultimately responsible for YOUR vehicle. If you allow them to "borrow" it. Then you are taking that risk. Or you could simply say they "stole" it, and you were unaware.
Either way, if they are in your car, then YOU will have some serious explaining and convincing to do as to why they were suspended and drinking and driving YOUR car.
Don't you watch "COPS" ? LOL.
If any of those scenarios happened, there would be a police report, so if some victim of a resulting accident, for example, decided to sue you for damages (medical, auto, or even wrongful death if someone died), you could use the fact that you weren't aware and that the other driver was responsible as a defense.
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