Car Sale Theft

[nicko1]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Iowa

A friend of mine owned a used car dealership and offered to sell my husbands truck for us. He sold the truck a month later for 5,000.00. He kept stalling us on the money and I later found out from a employee that he took the money and used it to pay bills at the business. He has given us only 400.00. I have a signed paper from him stating the sale of the vechile and to turn over the money and this was not a loan. He keeps making promises but its been a year and I am done waiting. Can I file theft charges against him or because I took the 400.00 it is now considered a loan and I am basiclly out.

[Mr. Knowitall]

Can you file charges for theft almost a year after-the-fact? You can try, but I don't expect that the police will be very interested given the delay in the report.

I suggest suing.

[nicko1]

you have up to 3 years