Connecticut Debt Relief Attorney Discusses If the Police are Notified of a Repossession

I am often asked as a Connecticut Debt Relief Attorney, if the police are notified prior to a car being repossessed. Under Connecticut law, if your car is repossessed, it’s important to know that there are certain laws that a repossession company must follow for the repossession to be valid and legal. First, the repo company must notify the police department in advance that they are repossessing your car. I advise clients as a Connecticut Debt Relief Attorney that this is so you don’t wake up the next morning and you contact the police department because you suspect the car’s been repossessed. Secondly, if during the repossession process there’s a breach of the peace or there’s damage to your property,that also is right in grounds to bring action against the repossession company and the original creditor potentially for losses and damages.

Are you wondering if the police will know if your car was repossessed? Contact our experienced Connecticut Debt Relief Attorney.

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Lindh Foster, LLC

Connecticut Business Lawyer & Debtors Rights Attorney, Eric Foster of Lindh Foster, LLC, has been practicing law for over 25 years in Connecticut, New York and Hong Kong, China. As a Connecticut Business Lawyer, Eric Foster’s legal practice currently centers around representing small businesses and entrepreneurs, in selecting their business structure, forming their businesses, and managing their business transactions. As a former attorney at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he focused on the regulation of banks’ lending activities, Attorney Foster is also a passionate consumer advocate and a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA). As a Debtor Rights Attorney, Attorney Foster enjoys advocating for and representing consumer debtors in connection with credit card, student loan and other debts they allegedly owe creditors and debt collectors.

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