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A dispute involving a car dealership in Baku has raised fresh questions about vehicle sales, powers of attorney and the risks buyers face when ownership documents are unclear.
According to local media, Baku resident Natik Jafarov says he bought a car from a dealership several months ago, made an initial payment and continued paying monthly installments without delays. He now says the vehicle is being demanded back from him.
Jafarov said he paid 5,000 manats upfront and agreed to pay the remaining amount over 30 months at 600 manats per month.
After six months of payments, he said, the power of attorney issued in his name was canceled and he was told to return the vehicle.
“I had no problem with payments,” Jafarov told Baku TV. “Now they want the car back. I was told the car belonged to someone else and had allegedly been given to the dealership for use, not for sale. But they sold it to me.”
The buyer said he has not been offered compensation and can no longer legally use the vehicle after the cancellation of the power of attorney.
TV reportage said it went to the dealership, located in Baku’s Khatai district. A representative of the dealership said the matter is being investigated by the 36th police department and declined to provide full details while the inquiry is ongoing.
The dealership linked the case to a former employee, named in the report as Gulagan Mammadov. According to the dealership’s version, Mammadov was an official employee of the company but was dismissed after allegedly causing material damage. The representative said the disputed actions were connected not to one vehicle, but to 23 cars.
That claim, if confirmed by the investigation, would shift the case from a single buyer’s complaint into a broader dispute involving multiple vehicles, former staff, owners and customers.
Legal experts say the central question in such cases is whether the person or company that concluded the deal had the legal right to sell the vehicle. If a car was given to a dealership only for rental or use, but was later sold to a third party, the buyer may face a legal conflict even if payments were made on time.
At the same time, a buyer who acted in good faith and has payment documents may seek the return of paid funds, compensation or enforcement of contractual terms through the courts, depending on the documents signed and the circumstances of the transaction.
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry told reporters that police had received complaints from several citizens who said they had been deceived and subjected to unlawful actions. The ministry said an investigation is underway by the relevant territorial police authority.
The case is a warning for car buyers in Azerbaijan’s informal and installment-based vehicle market. A low upfront payment and monthly schedule may look convenient, but without clear proof of ownership, sale authority and registration status, the buyer can end up paying for a car that later becomes the subject of a dispute.
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