Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Many secured creditors and equipment leasing companies have encountered defaulted debts, where the debtors and lessees retain possession of the collateral, including cars, boats, machinery, or other equipment. The individuals hired by the bank slashed the debtor’s tires and chased the debtor when attempting to repossess the vehicle.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In the event the borrower defaults, usually by failing to make loan payments, a secured creditor has a right to take possession of the collateral. The quickest and cheapest way for a secured creditor to take possession of the collateral is by self-help repossession. 679.609, Fla. What Does it Mean to “Breach the Peace”?

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Any secured creditor, large or small, may encounter a situation in which it is preferable to retain or recover the collateral in a transaction without having to sell the collateral itself. The purpose of this article is to make creditors aware of what is and is not possible to do under Florida law. 679.609(1). In Hohns v.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Self-Help Repossession: In Florida, a secured creditor may use self-help repossession to take possession of collateral, provided its efforts do not breach the peace. Florida case law provides that a breach of the peace occurs if the secured creditor enters the debtor’s land to repossess the collateral, without the debtor’s consent.

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Jimerson Firm

JULY 1, 2020

Furthermore, in the event the collateral was pledged to multiple lenders, lenders will need to know how to discern whether their assignment of life insurance takes precedent over the collateral interest of a competing secured creditor.

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Troutman Sanders

APRIL 24, 2023

Americredit Financial Services, Inc. Assuming Article 9 of Michigan’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) governing secured transactions applied to the plaintiff’s auto loan, the court reasoned that the defendant, as a secured creditor, was legally entitled to the auction proceeds following the plaintiff’s default.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

Circuits in holding that a secured creditor does not have an affirmative obligation to return a debtor’s collateral immediately upon notice of the bankruptcy. Zachary Dunn is an attorney practicing in Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP’s Consumer Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Group.

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