If your vehicle is the collateral for the loan, then yes.
Yes - they can, or they can put a lien on the vehicle.
For ones which occurred prior to the agency taking possession of the vehicle, yes.
A Commercial Collection Agency is and agency that collects debt on behalf of their clients, same as a consumer collection agency, but a commercial collection agency collects business to business.
They sell the vehicle for what they can, then charge the remainder to you. They usually sell that debt to a collection agency, and the agency starts calling you for that money.
One can get a reg check on their vehicle from the motor vehicle bureau. Some of those are department of motor vehicles, Vic Roads, Motor vehicle Administration of Maryland and NZ Transport Agency.
The collection agency typically does not report to the credit bureaus, the original lender does. Lenders report to the bureaus, collection agencies collect on delinquent debt.
The collection agency cannot reposses the vehicle unless they are the lien holder. If they are, they do not need an order of replevin to seize the vehicle unless they live in one of the few states that require such. If the collector does not hold the lien on the vehicle they will be required to file suit against the debtor, receive a judgment and execute said judgment as a forced sale or a lien of/on the judgment debtor's vehicle.
The commercial collection agency is used in debt collection in the event a debtor fails to.
If the bill was late enough to be sent to a collection agency, the collection of that bill has been turned over to that collection agency as well.
If you are planning on getting the vehicle back and reaffirming your finance note then "Yes". You can buy insurance for it. You will probably be required to do so in order to get it back from the collection agent. If you are not planning to redeem the vehicle then you are considered to have surrendered the vehicle, You no longer have a financial interest in the vehicle and therefore can not legally insure it
A Commercial Collection Agency is and agency that collects debt on behalf of their clients, same as a consumer collection agency, but a commercial collection agency collects business to business.
Charged off accounts can still be sold to third-party debt collectors for collection. Nothing precludes them from attempting to collect on a charged off account. The collection agency that is contacting you would have to be licensed in the State of Maryland to conduct business. You can obtain licensing information on the Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation website.