Vehicle Recoveries in Illinois
Your vehicle needs to be recovered as quickly as possible to avoid loss of use and reduce expenses and costs, but also to preserve market value. Vehicle recoveries require lawyers whose primary mission is speed and to have your vehicle recovered without further delay. Our legal team is experienced in vehicle recovery from a law enforcement agency seizure, release from an impound by a private party, or by an order for repossession/replevin. In some instances, our lawyers have recovered vehicles that required a hybrid recovery—a combination of a vehicle seizure, impound and/or a repossession. At FS CORPS, we provide aggressive legal representation to recover your vehicle as quickly and economically as possible.
Vehicle Recoveries Scenarios
Vehicle recoveries in Illinois can occur through several different legal methods, negotiation strategies and/or legal processes. It is critical that you immediately retain decisive lawyers to utilize various legal strategies to achieve the recovery of your vehicle. Most vehicle recoveries require legal advice and strategies tailored to the specific circumstances.
Civil asset forfeiture is widely used by federal and state law enforcement agencies to seize personal property alleged to be either an instrumentality or the proceeds of criminal activity.
A vehicle impoundment can occur either by a law enforcement agency or a private party such as a tow operator or repair shop. The law enforcement vehicle impoundment can occur due to a parking or traffic violation, criminal activity or abandonment.
Vehicle repossession is a legal process that occurs when a borrower defaults on their auto loan or lease payments. The lender, or a repossession agency on their behalf, recovers the vehicle to prevent further financial loss.
Improper or wrongful repossession may occur when there is a “breach of the peace”, or without the proper and required notice, or when the terms of the loan or lease have been complied with yet the car was still repossessed.
A hybrid recovery is a combination of two or more lawsuits to recover the full market value of the vehicle. For example, on behalf of a financial institution, we will pursue recovery and release of the vehicle from a Law Enforcement Agency and simultaneously pursue a vehicle repossession against the registered owner.