http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/ Published by Anderson, Ogilvie & Brewer LLP en-us 2010-07-13T15:04:46-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/07/collections_lawsuits_with_no_p.html Suppose your vehicle was repossessed. You didn't have the money to get the vehicle back, so the finance company sold it. A year or two has passed, and now you have been sued for the deficiency--the money owed on your... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-07-13T15:04:46-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/06/what_reinstatement_rights_does.html If your vehicle has been repossessed for a second time, you may have limited options to get your car back. If it is a third repossession, you will not be allowed to reinstate. In most circumstances, the finance company must... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-06-21T11:25:32-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/05/repo_companies_storage_charges.html When cars are repossessed, the owners' personal property is removed from the cars and stored by the repo company. The California Business & Professions Code requires repo companies to send the owner an inventory of the goods and a disclosure... Repo Business Mark F. Anderson 2010-05-26T15:21:21-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/05/repo_companies_are_fined_by_st_1.html The California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services regulates auto repo companies. The agency cites and fines licensed repo companies for violating the statutes that govern their conduct. Violations include entering property without the owner's consent, failing to report violent... Repo Business Mark F. Anderson 2010-05-26T15:09:20-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/03/repo_men_going_hitech_1.html THe NY Times reports that repo companies are increasingly using a digital system to spot cars on lenders' repo lists. MVTRAC provides mobile digital cameras to repo companies that take pictures of license plates as the repo truck goes down... Repo Business Mark F. Anderson 2010-03-03T15:17:22-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/01/fireside_class_action_does_not_1.html Many of you have called or emailed about Fireside Bank's repossession of your vehicle. You are hoping that you are included in our Fireside class action settlement. That settlement resulted in Fireside clearing class members' credit reports of Fireside's tradeline.... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-01-27T14:48:57-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/01/deadline_nears_for_cashing_fir.html Fireside Bank settlement class members who made payments to Fireside after their vehicles were repossessed are entitled to a 90% refund of those payments. Checks were initially mailed several months ago. Most class members cashed or deposited their checks long... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-01-11T11:44:47-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/08/fireside_bank_settlement_check_1.html Fireside Bank Settlement Class Members who paid money to Fireside after their cars were repossessed were scheduled to receive refund checks next week. However, as I mentioned in my last post, Fireside had not provided accurate records of payments it... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-08-28T11:29:15-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/07/fireside_bank_settlement_nears_1.html If you received a Class Notice in the Fireside Bank class action settlement, watch your calendar. The "Effective Date" for the settlement is this week, July 29. Ten days after the Effective Date--no later than August 8--Fireside must change all... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-07-27T10:57:06-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/06/fireside_bank_repossession_cla.html Our proposed class action settlement with Fireside Bank was finally approved by Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Elfving on May 29. This is great news for the approximately 17,500 members of the Gonzalez settlement class--California consumers to whom Fireside... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-06-02T10:42:17-08:00