Do you have to disclose an accident when selling a car in the state of Missouri?

Answer 1

I doubt that you HAVE to, however you SHOULD do the RIGHT THING and TELL the potential buyer. Remember, what goes around comes around. It would come back to bite you! The person may , and chances are about 99% he or she WILL take it to a mechanic to have it checked out by putting it up on a rack!I SUSPECT you have a FEMALE BUYER for it. Either HER HUSBAND OR HER FATHER WILL INSIST ON HER HAVING IT GO UP ON A RACK!I GUARANTEE YOU! I mean, that is NOT like a small leak of some kind! A car that's been in an ACCIDENT MAY BE VERY DANGEROUS!( if it was a simple "fender bender", that MAY be different.) And it may CAUSE ANOTHER accident. What if that person has small children? What if, because YOU DECIDED NOT TO TELL THEM the car HAD been in an accident, THEY HAVE an accident BECAUSE a CV joint which was say; DAMAGED in the accident popped loose, or a damaged WHEEL flew off, as happened to a friend of mine, and the car rolled, KILLING a child or an adult in the car? It would also show how old the damage is , whether it's been 2 days or 2 years. And that person COULD AND WOULD drag you into court! The TITLE and REGISTRATION, along with POLICE RECORDS WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU! And THAT just MIGHT be reason for the police to charge YOU with voluntary manslaughter! You'd get the HELL sued out of you and YOU would not ONLY HAVE to go to PRISON, but ALSO REFUND HER MONEY, AND ALSO THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES A JUDGE WOULD CERTAINLY ADD ONTO THE AMOUNT YOU'D OWE! PLUS you'd be ORDERED BY that judge to have the car CRUSHED! Judges DO LOOK DOWN, VERY MUCH on someone CHEATING another person, ESPECIALLY when it comes to cars! There was a guy selling those types of cars HERE, but the judge ORDERED him to get RID OF THOSE CARS(about 50 altogether) WITHIN 30 DAYS! He had an add in the paper trying to SELL them as junk-fixer uppers for only $50 EACH! And he wound up having to take MOST OF THEM TO THE CRUSHER ANYWAY. ALL of the ones that had been in wrecks!! He was ORDERED NEVER to sell ONE SINGLE CAR AGAIN! And the DAMAGE TO his NAME AND REPUTATION STILL EXISTS! It's been since 1991, and he's STILL known as a CHEAT. People JEER him TO THIS DAY SO BADLY, he has someone else to go to the store for him and he tries NOT to get out in town here!Can you imagine going through such an event, living with that knowlege on your conscience the rest of your life, ESPECIALLY if SOMEONE WAS KILLED?? I'm not trying to condemn you, but trying to help you. TELL the person about the accident! If it did no damage more than a dent in the fender or bumper, then she'll probably buy it anyway. EVEN I don't worry about a small dent or fender bender accident, but I WAS the one who started proceedings against that guy who was sellling that junk, and got his dealer's license revoked PERMANENTLY! You wouldn't want someone to do YOU that way, OR your son, daughter, or wife, would you? So PLEASE don't do it to your potential buyer without disclosing all about the accident. If it was a bad accident, she still may take the car, and in THAT case of FULL DISCLOSURE about it, the law "Buyer Beware" TAKES EFFECT and THEN she COUILDN'T try to get you to give her a refund. DON'T do something to someone you wouldn't want done to YOU or your son or daughter or wife, OR your parents!