Your Car in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
For the most part, you can keep your car when you file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. If you are behind on car payments, you can make up the arrears through your Chapter 13 plan and avoid repossession. Even better, if you are upside down on your car loan (meaning you owe more than the car is worth), you might be able to reduce the value of your loan to the current replacement value of the car.
What happens to your car, truck, van, motorcycle, or another vehicle if you file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Learn how filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy can help you keep your vehicle from being repossessed.
If your car is worth less than the debt you owe on it, you may be able to lower, or "cram down" the loan principle. Here's how it works.
Find out when a car loan lender can repossess your car during Chapter 13 bankruptcy and whether you can get it back if the repossession happened before you filed.
Most people can keep their cars in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. But just because you can keep your car doesn't mean you should. Learn about the requirements to keep a car in Chapter 13 bankruptcy before deciding whether to keep or surrender your vehicle in Chapter 13.
If you have a car lease when you file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy you have two options – rejecting the lease and returning the car or continuing with the lease. Read on to learn the pros and cons of each option.
Whether you can keep two cars in Chapter 13 bankruptcy depends on several factors. Find out how many cars you can keep in Chapter 13, what will happen if you have two car payments, and other details about filing for bankruptcy and keeping a car.
If your car is necessary to your household, and your Chapter 13 plan pays the lender both the back payments and the payments due going forward, you can file a motion for turnover.
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