Depends on your monetary situation.If you can make the payments then no but if you have alot of debt then yes declare.If they repo you lose the car and all the money you invested in it to that point.After the car is auctioned(at a very low price)you are then responsible for the balance plus all the fees.So if you go into bankruptcy before a repo you are much better off monetarily.
Seven years.
NO
YES, IF you were in default and they repoed it. NO ins. coverage IS default. Do you HAVE the car NOW?
"How will filing for bankruptcy help before your car is repoed? As soon as the B/K is filed, an AUTOMATIC STAY is in force. lenders must stop ALL collection efforts. If your not able to file for bankruptcy before being repoed how long will it take for them to garnish your wages in Ohio. ": That will depend on how quickly the lender files the paperwork, the court gets to it,ect. Guesstimate?? 1-6 months.
unless you opted to keep your car and continue to make payments, they should have repoed it already. in other words, if you still want to keep the car you can only if you keep paying for it.
No! You are stuck with owing the 18k and you don't even have the car. Letting the car be repoed was your fault. You should have contacted the lender and worked something out, or made the payments you agreed to. You didn't, so now you will pay, and your credit is ruined for 7 years, and you no longer have that perfect credit. Yes you can get out of owing the 18k its called bankruptcy.....but then your credit score will be less than perfect. Depends on your state, but that is what is referred to as "deficiency" and most states allow creditors to collect it.
If the car is being repoed then you owe something.
If you aren't paying for that car's payments then yes. The only reason why your car should be repoed it because the payments aren't being made on it. It doesnt matter if your car is from the 1940's or if you brought the car last month, the car can be repoed if you dont pay the payment for 2 or more months (consult dealership for it's repo rules).
Because of the "automatic stay", which goes into affect as soon as a Bankruptcy is filed, your car cannot be re-possessed while the Bankruptcy is in progress (unless the creditor files a motion with the court asking for relief from the automatic stay). However, as soon as the Bankruptcy is discharged or closed - which occurs approximately 6 months after it is filed - the car can be re-possessed.
You will have a certain amount of time to bring the loan current and get your car back. Otherwise it will be auctioned off, if you are lucky enough and the car auctions for at least what you owe on it, you will only have to deal the with scar of a reposession on your credit. If it sells for less that what you still owe on the loan, you are responsible for paying that back.
If a person's car gets repoed, the bank can report it on their CR in any state. When they redeem it doesnt matter, its the fact that it got repoed that gets reported.
Yes, its SO wrong. Same thing happened to me and the day I was to wire them the funds, they repoed my car. So, I got an attorney, filed bankruptcy and they gave me my car back. Now, they will get 1/2 of what we agreed on. Idiots.