Posts Tagged ‘gated community’

A repossessor sometimes completes a repossession by following a car into a gated area or gated community (sometimes referred to as “piggybacking”), or the repossessor drives in when someone exits the gate. Both situations amount to a breach of the peace and are unlawful. California statutory law and caselaw define a breach of the peace…

A repossessor cannot enter a gated and locked garage without permission of the owner of the car or the property, to repossess a car. There’s no exception to this rule. If a repossession agency takes a car under those circumstances, the agency has committed a breach of the peace and the consumer can sue the…