My friend, let's call him, "Ben" had gotten a title loan couple of years back on his Toyota. He made several payment, but could not keep up with the payments.
The loan company sent out repo people several times to his house, but it was at times when he wasn't there.
About a month after the repo guys started dropping by, Ben had to move to new place because his lease has expired. Ben, of course, did not inform title loan company.
It has been little over 3 years since that time and Ben still has the car. However, he has not been able to register it because the title loan company has their names on the title as co-owners and they would need to sign off on the form as well.
Now, he recently moved from CA to another state, job related.
Here is what Ben would like to know:
1. What would happen if he surrended the vehicle now?
2. Did Ben need to tell the loan company where the vehicle was when he realized the repo guys were coming around? Since it's been over 3 years, is there any legal remifications he needs to worry about?
3. Is there any way that he can register the vehicle without the loan title company signing off on it?
4. What happens if repo never finds Ben and Ben never lets them know where he is? He has never intentionally avoided them but he neither let them know where he was either.
5. Nothing regarding this vehicle (Amount owed or the repo) has appeared on his credit report. Do the repo guys have to physically repo the vehicle before anything appears on this credit report?
Any help is appreciated.
2007-08-06
19:52:44
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