Following a bench trial, the district court concluded that the Mendenhalls had purchased the car for value and without notice that it was stolen, and were bona fide purchasers entitled to ownership and possession of the 1994 Lexus. The DMV and the towing company were subsequently dismissed from the lawsuit, and Alamo was substituted as the defendant. The Mendenhalls then sued the DMV (and the towing company that took the car from their home) for replevin of the car. On March 21, 1995, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) seized the car from the Mendenhalls' possession. Subsequently, on February 24, 1995, Alamo reported the car stolen. The Mendenhalls then made improvements to the car, had it insured, smog and safety tested, registered, licensed, and titled in the state of Utah. Clark then advertised the car in the Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper and subsequently sold the car to Terry and Vyonne Mendenhall (Terry and Vyonne or the Mendenhalls) for $34,000.00 in cash on January 9, 1995. Clark failed to return the car to Alamo and obtained a California "quick title" using forged signatures of fictitious parties. Clark, under the alias Thomas Pecora, rented a 1994 Lexus from Alamo Rent-A-Car on December 21, 1994. Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, for Respondents. *70 Fitzgibbons & Anderson, Las Vegas, for Appellant. Terry and Vyonne MENDENHALL, Respondents.
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