If I File for Bankruptcy How Can I Go About Getting a Used Car? – Miss M

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“Dear Steve,

If I file for bankruptcy, how can I go about getting a used car? That is, if bankruptcy can clear the debt I owe with my current car note. Am I able to refinance or get approved for another loan if I’m looking to trade-in my car with a negative turn-over balance? I was thinking about turning in my car for a newer used vehicle because I cannot make the current payments seeing that I owe the auto company all this back pay. Please help.

Miss M”

The Answer:

 

Dear Miss M,

If you trade your car in and roll the debt into a new loan you will be way upside down in the new loan. It is not something that I would recommend.

If you need to go bankrupt then do that. There are plenty of “Buy Here, Pay Here” dealers that will sell you a beater car and take payments from you. Once you get your credit back in shape you can go any by a new or used car again.

Big Hug!

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    Thanks for the good information. If you filed bankruptcy and you want to get a loan for a car, you probably going to need a copy of your complete bankruptcy and the bankruptcy discharge. Those old debts that were included on your bankruptcy might be on your credit report. So you will need to a copy of your bankruptcy records to show proof of what debts were discharged.

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      I liked your reply. I think more often than not, people don’t check their credit reports. Also, I’d like to add, if a person had a bankruptcy and the debts are still on the credit report, that person should get a copy of the bankruptcy records and bankruptcy discharge and send it the the credit reporting agency. Those bankruptcy records will be the proof that their debts were discharged.

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