That depends, is the business a Partnership or Sole Proprietorship? If it is one of these personal assets can be seized to make up for business debt. If your business however is an LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) than personal assets are not associated with the business and therefore not at risk.
If your business was a sole proprietorship, you have unlimited liability for any debt your business holds, and therefore your business debt is your personal debt. If your business had a form of limited liability, particularly if it was an LLC, this cannot happen.
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Secured debt is a debt that is guaranteed by the use of collateral. If the debt is not repaid, the creditor has the right to take the collateral from the borrower.
Yes, once a debt collection agency buys your debt from the original creditor they are legally entitled to all of your debt. Therefore, they can take you to court for any unpaid debts, so long as it is the debt they bought from the original creditor and only that debt.
If the debt is on the car, or the car was used as collateral for the loan, YES they can repossess the vehicle!
Once a debt has been sold to a collection agency, that agency owns the debt. Now it would be between you and the collection agency to settle the debt; the creditor has washed his hands of the matter. If you think the debt collection agency isn't working within its legal limits and is harrassing you, check out the Fair Debt Collection Act, which outlines was a collection agency can and cannot do.
= If your credit report reports that you have a bad debt write-off, then it means that the original creditor has written off the debt, but they can still sell the rights to the debt to a collection agency and they can contact you and take legal action.
It depends on the details. If the business was incorporated and the judgment was against the corporation the creditor can only take business property and assets. If you owned the business as individuals then a judgment creditor can take any of your assets to satisfy the judgment: bank accounts, vehicles, boats, equipment, real property, etc.
Yes, a creditor can take you to court for an unpaid loan. If you fail to make payments, the creditor may file a lawsuit to recover the owed amount. If the court rules in favor of the creditor, they may obtain a judgment that allows them to garnish wages, seize assets, or place liens on property to collect the debt. However, it's important to know your rights and options for dealing with debt issues.
If Your creditor get a judgment against you they can sell what property you have to pay the debt. So the answer is Yes.
A secured creditor is one who has a contract with you that says if you fail to pay, the creditor can take a specified item you own to satisfy the debt. Most common are purchase-money loans, such as mortgages or car loans, but it can be any item.