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Your creditor has the right to "repossess" -- take back your car without going to court or, in many states, without warning you in advance. A good example of this could be as we discussed above -- the creditor accepting your partial payments and then blind-siding you with a repo. To learn more about credit counseling, see Fiscal Fitness. When you finance or lease a vehicle, your creditor or lessor has important local car repossessions rights that end once you’ve paid off your loan or lease obligation.

They are restricted to the local residents of a city or town. But even if you return the car voluntarily, you still are responsible for paying any deficiency on your local car repossessions contract, and your creditor still may enter the late payments or repossession on your credit report. If your creditor refuses to accept delayed payments or work with you and decides to repossess the car then a voluntary repossession may be something you will want to consider.

If your creditor agrees to such a change, make sure you have it in writing. An attorney will be able to tell you whether you have grounds to contest a deficiency judgment.

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