When Can Your Mechanic Sell Your Car? Virginia Appeals Court Clarifies in First-Impression Ruling

What happens when you drop your car off for repair and don’t come back for it? In Virginia, your mechanic can flip it for a profit.

In a case of first impression addressing the application of the Virginia Abandoned Vehicle Act, the Virginia Court of Appeals overrode a jury verdict that had found an auto body shop and its owner jointly liable for converting a customer’s vehicle.