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Is it legal for an automobile repossession company keep your personal belongings in Arizona?
Repossession companies must give you the opportunity to recover your personal belongings. That being said, they need not do so at the time of repossession. If they store your property for any length of time, the may charge a storage fee. They are not required to hold your property indefinitely either. If you make no attempt to recover you belongings, the repossession company will dispose of it after 30-45 days.
Is it legal in Florida for a repossession company to charge you 4500 dollars to recover the personal property from your vehicle?
They can charge a fee if they have processed your stuff ..that is bagged logged etc..If what you have posted is supposed to be $45.00 that is not unreasonable.....$450.00 that is.
Can a FL repossession company charge me to get my personal belongings back?
They don't charge you to get your personal belongings back... they charge you a "storage fee" for the time they stored your personal belongings. And yes, they can do that.
Do you have to pay a storage fee for personal property to repossession agency if you had no property in the car?
If you get the car back you have to pay storage, if there was even a pair of sunglasses inside the car they can charge you for property.
Can a repo company charge you for retrieving your personal property and property that belongs to someone else in the state of Kentucky?
Yes. Any property left in the vehicle when it was repossessed is additional property, not part of the repossession. As private property, the repossession company is liable to inventory the porperty and store it so that it may be recovered. State laws vary a bit, but the standard storage limit is thirty days. During this time they may assess a storage fee. You, the property owner must pay this fee to recover your property. Property that is not recovered in the time alloted by law may be discarded as the company sees fit.
Can the repossession company hold your personal belongings after a repossession in Wisconsin and charge you for the storage fee?
Yes, they can. Ultimately they have to PERFORM WORK to gather, label, secure, and keep safe your belongings. They can charge you for this because they were forced to perform work. The law allows them to be compensated for it.
Is it legal in the state of New York to be charged a fee to collect your personal belongings from a repossessed vehicle you don't plan to get back?
Yes. It is your personal property. It is taking up space on the property of the repossession agency. They may charge you for using that space.
Can the repo company charge you a fee to get your tag and personal items back in Florida?
In the state of Florida, we are required under Florida State Statute ch. 493 to do a full inventory of items located in the vehicle at the time of repossession. You are then notified by mail (to the last known address) of the charges and usually company policy regarding when you can pick up your belongings. We are allowed to charge for our agent's time to inventory the vehicle and storage of the property if we choose. It's up to each company to decide what the fees will be. The state of Florida states your tag is considered personal property and is redeemed at the same time as the rest of your personal property.
Does car lot have to give back personal items in car from repossessed car?
Yes, they do. Within 24 to 48 hours of recovery (depending on the state) the repossession company is required to notify you that your property can be collected and must give you a phone number or other means to contact them. Most recovery agents will charge storage fee on private/personal property and will require that be paid prior to releasing the property.
Is it legal for a towing company to charge 50 dollars to get your personal belongings out of the car?
If the vehicle is not a repossession and is in fact a law enforcement impounded vehicle, in California the answer is, NO. The law in California says "we towing companies" must allow you to pick up your property, however, we are only going to give the property to the legal owner of the vehicle. Therefore, bring them with you, picture ID in hand. No they cannot charge you to get your personal belongings from your car.They can charge a fee if they actually do something like inventory and store your belongings.
How can someone else get the stuff out of the car when its been repossessed?
After your vehicle has been repossessed, the repossessing company must contact you (often via the creditor) to notify you where your personal property can be recovered. Repossession agents are required to keep the property for thirty days to allow you to recover it, but they will charge you a storage fee, and pretty much every one will require that fee be paid before they surrender your personal property. Regarding an agent of yours being permitted to recover your personal property, it is possible, but may be difficult.
Is their a fee to reclaim personal properity from a repossed auto in California such as Bibles children clothes and work ID Bages?
It usually depends upon the repossession company who repo'd the vehicle. In most states, the repossessor has the right to charge a daily fee for storage of personal property so the sooner you can pick it up, the less you will have to pay.
