no, you just get hit with a late fee.
Florida's usury laws cap interest on 'loans' less than US$500,000 at 18%.
Yes, you can increase your credit score by removing late payments from your credit report. You can either contact the creditor that placed the late payments and ask on good faith to have them removed. Some creditors will remove them if it is a one time occurrence, but most won't. You can also dispute the late payments to the credit bureaus. Depending on how old the are and how severe, they can come off your credit report. This will most likely remove the whole account thought, but 1 late payments is worse than all the good credit you can get from a good payment history.
Perhaps the car is worth more than the remaining payments!
Recently FICO (Fair Isaac Company) announced that its scoring process only takes into account late payments that are less than 24 months old. in other words if the late payments occurred more than 2 years ago, they are not of much significance in computing your credit score. However, many mortgage providers and auto loan providers when manually reviewing your credit reports will take advantage of the late payments on your credit report to justify make you pay a higher interest rate.
It is less detrimental to your credit score to be late on paying your bills (more than 30 days late) than it is to file bankruptcy.
It depends on two things - how late were you and what state do you live in? Almost all the states allow you to be reasonably late on your payments - less than 2 weeks - without the policy cancelling. If you had already gone through the grace period and your policy actually lapsed (went out of force), then you would be responsible for the damages caused by your accident. http://www.coloradosbestinsurance.com
There are 99 apples. Since the highest multiple of 3 less than 100 is 99.
== == If you are in an agreement to make monthly payments, on the same day each month and the payment is NOT received by the lender on THAT day, you are "LATE' Continual late payments are considered a bad sign as it indicates that you are not managing your money very well. When you get more than ONE MONTH behind, that is a further black mark on your credit history.
Late payment fees are agreed upon by you when you sign the finance contract, yes you owe the additional money as long as their addition of the fees is within the guidelines stated in the contract.
Late fees for any credit card depend on the amount of your balance due. It is $15 if you owe less than $100, $29 if the balance is more than $100 and less than $249, and $39 for balances over $250.
If your payments are current, they're not coming to repossess your car. Trust me, the finance company would much rather have your money than your collateral (i.e., the car).
Most common is the 28 day cycle which results in the actual due date fluctuating from month to month. Some credit companies may use a shorter day cycle than others. Payments are considered late if not received by the due date. If mailing payments always allow at least 10 days for the payment to arrive. Electronic payments are usually posted within 48 hours or less.