Proof of Ownership of Car in Thailand

[steveb47]

I hope this is the right forum for this question?

My ex Thai GF refuses to return my car to me. I have the original sale agreement in my name and the purchase was entirely funded by me.

The car was registered in her name as I did not have proof of residency but she had her house book. So on the advice of the farang car dealer in order to save time the car was registered in her name.

She now refuses to return my car to me as she states she has financed it to the tune of 120,000 baht. I do not know if this is true as she has previously lied to me saying she had killed a kid whilst driving my car and tried to get 60,000 out of me on this pretext. She later admitted this was a lie. She has never claimed to me that the car belongs to her.

The question is this: is the fact it is registered in her name fatal to any claim I may have in either civil or criminal proceedings?

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[johng]

If her name is on the blue book then she owns it.

[stevenl]

If I recall correctly from previous posts about this: if you can prove you have paid for the car (so just the agreement in your name is not sufficient), you'll also need receipt from the dealer in your name and proof you made that payment, so bank withdrawal or something like that, the court can award the car to you.

The fact that her name is in the blue book does not guarantee it will be awarded to her.

Her having financed the car sounds very likely BTW.

[steveb47]

I have proof in writing contained in original documents and bank withdrawal on all those points.

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