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Columns: Driving for Dollars
Terry Jackson   Expert: Terry Jackson
Driving for Dollars
Bailiff company likely to pursue matter
Driving for Dollars

Car owner owes cash despite repossession
 

Dear Terry,
I am thinking of doing a voluntary repo on a leased vehicle. Payments and the fuel cost are just killing me. The company I leased the vehicle from is bankrupt and a bailiff company has taken over.

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If I do voluntary repo, can the bailiff company come after me for the difference in the sale? If I have no assets, what can they do? Can they garnish my wages, etc.?
-- Parm

Dear Parm,
The bailiff company that has taken over the leasing company's assets can and likely will try to collect any unpaid balance after it sells your vehicle at auction. If you have no assets, the company could possibly try to garnish your wages, but it may be satisfied with simply putting a black mark on your credit.

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