Eliza Hall Apr 18, 2020:

What AllegroTrans said We need more context. I also agree with AllegroTrans that this probably is a service for vehicle lien searches (possible translation: "Information on vehicle title liens," or "Information on title liens" if vehicles aren't the only property at issue), but we can't be sure without a bit more context.

AllegroTrans Apr 18, 2020:

Too little info here It occurs to me that this might perhaps be a service making searches for liens on vehicles (e.g. hire purchase default) but without knowing who is providing the service we are really guessing. I would ask your client for further information.

tatyana000 (asker) Apr 18, 2020:

@ Eliza Hall Unfortunately, I don't have any further info. There is no description of the actual service. My guess was that the request for information would precede the used car purchase. Maybe something like a vehicle history check but for liens against the car. But it's only a guess

Eliza Hall Apr 17, 2020:

@ Justin Lewis You suggested "writ of attachment," and that's right if the original FR is talking about the actual court order declaring that someone's car has to be forfeited in order to satisfy a debt: a writ of attachment is "a court order directing a sheriff (or other law enforcement officer) to seize property of a defendant which would satisfy a judgment against that defendant." https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/writ of attac...

If the original FR is talking about the record of that court order that shows up on their car's title, "lien" is the best word.

Those aren't synonymous with a "notice of seizure," which is the notice that your car actually has been seized. Parties who issue "notices of seizure" include anyone who has the legal right to repossess cars -- so a car repo company has to provide to a car's nominal owner in order to inform them that the reason their car has disappeared is that XYZ repo company took it to satisfy a debt (https://minneapoliscrimdefenselawyer.com/understanding-vehic... or the state has to provide it to the owner to explain why the state took the car: https://minneapoliscrimdefenselawyer.com/understanding-vehic...

Eliza Hall Apr 17, 2020:

More info? Who is providing these services? A "déclaration valant saisie" is normally a legal notice of some kind (e.g. issued by a tribunal) that the car no longer belongs to the person whose name is on the title/who possesses it.

But your whole term is "Information déclaration valant saisie," which makes me think perhaps the service being provided is something like this: a person tries to register the used car they just bought; they're unable to because there's a déclaration valant saisie on the record for the car; they therefore turn to this service provider to find out more information about who seized legal title to the car.

Is that what they're doing?