Yes it is and they can tow your car away if you are parked at work! * In the majority of US states a repossession agent cannot remove a vehicle from a garage locked or unlocked, closed or open unless the agent has a replevin or other type of court order.
no
yes if it is open
NO! It would require a court order. The garage is private property and the owner has the right to keep it secured. If an attempt is made to remove the car from the garage (locked or not) the repo. agency has committed a Breach of Peace. Which may result in fines and the loss of the lender's right to any deficiency judgment.
no you dont
To open your garage door with your GMC Denali, first ensure your vehicle is equipped with a HomeLink system or compatible garage door opener. If so, program the HomeLink by following the manufacturer's instructions, which typically involve pressing a button on the garage door opener and a designated button in your vehicle until the light blinks. Once programmed, simply press the corresponding button in your Denali to open the garage door. Make sure your vehicle is within range of the garage door opener for it to work effectively.
If the vehicle is behind a LOCKED, gated area, or in a garage, then yes, they (whoever is reposessing), can go to jail for trespassing. If the car is out in the open i.e. on a curb, in the driveway that's not gated, in a private parking lot (not gated), in a private parking deck, then they can and will repo the car, boat, anything that they have a court order to take for nonpayment. They can get anything that is out in the open. If they can see it, they will take it.
Garages available as part of safehouses will only open once CJ has purchased that property. Then, when he approaches with a vehicle, the garage door will automatically open and then close.
Perfectly legal, so long as they follow "peaceful repossession". If your vehicle is being repossessed, you may have some rights. For example, you may prohibit repossessors from carrying arms on your property, but ultimately, if they have an order of repossession for that car, they have a legal right to take possession of the vehicle they are there to repossess. They may not open locked doors or gates, or enter any vehicle other than the one they're repossessing.
Yes. As a matter of fact, Repo Men will more than often be very sneaky while repossessing a vehicle. They can't take your vehicle off the property without telling you, they can't enter if your car is parked in the garage, and they can't open a gate to get it without your permission. So they will often wait until your vehicle is out in the open. For example: If your car is parked on the curb in front of your house, or if you're at Taco Bell and the car is parked outside in the parking lot... They will follow you and wait for a time they can get it without you giving them any trouble. It's totally legal for them to take your vehicle when you're unaware. Repo Men are contracted or hired by the true owner of the vehicle, whether it be the bank, a person, etc...
No, not without your permission.
It's impossible to say definitively from the information given. You should contact a local lawyer, since the law varies from state to state.However... most states allow a creditor to repossess immediately if the loan goes into default without giving notice, and their agents are generally allowed to come onto your property in order to do so.They are normally forbidden to cause a "breach of the peace" in the process, and that lawyer you're going to contact will help you figure out whether this happened in your case or not.Since in your case the garage door was open, they didn't have to break in, and their actions were probably legal. It doesn't matter why the garage was open, just that it was, and that it was opened by someone who had the presumptive right to do so rather than by the repossessers themselves.
What make is the vehicle. Most generally they are garage door openers that you can program to do three different functions. Open garage door , open electric gate , turn on inside/outside lights.