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How Can a Secured Creditor Repossess Collateral Without Breaching the Peace?

Jimerson Firm

In the event the borrower defaults, usually by failing to make loan payments, a secured creditor has a right to take possession of the collateral. The quickest and cheapest way for a secured creditor to take possession of the collateral is by self-help repossession. Barnett Bank of Pensacola , 397 So. 679.609, Fla.

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24 of Burr’s Attorneys Recognized in the “2020 Legal Elite” for South Carolina

Burr Forman

Jennifer Blumenthal – Banking and Finance. Weyman Carter – Banking and Finance; Bankruptcy and CreditorsRight. Craig Garner – Healthcare; Banking and Finance. Brandon Norris – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Banking and Finance; Energy and Utilities. Liz Crum – Healthcare.

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SBA Loans: How to Maximize Recovery by Liquidating Personal Property

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Self-Help Repossession: In Florida, a secured creditor may use self-help repossession to take possession of collateral, provided its efforts do not breach the peace. Florida case law provides that a breach of the peace occurs if the secured creditor enters the debtor’s land to repossess the collateral, without the debtor’s consent.

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17 of Burr’s Attorneys Recognized in the “2021 Legal Elite” for South Carolina

Burr Forman

Weyman Carter – Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights. Brandon Norris – Banking & Finance; Corporate Law, Mergers, & Acquisitions. The Burr & Forman attorneys named among the “Legal Elite” list and their respective categories are: Adam Artigliere – Commercial Real Estate. Jennifer Blumenthal – Corporate Investigations.

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Secured Creditors Beware: Ninth Circuit Holds a Chapter 13 Debtor may Avoid Liens Even if not Entitled to a Discharge

The Creditors Rights

The creditor in Blendheim was HSBC Bank, which held a deed of trust lien on the debtors’ home. The Ninth Circuit in In the Matter of Blendheim , 803 F.3d 3d 477 (9 th Cir. 2015) held a chapter 20 debtor may in his chapter 13 case avoid a lien under § 506(d) even if § 1328(f) precludes him from receiving a discharge.

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Mitigating Risks Associated with Hotel, Restaurant and Entertainment Industry Economic Challenges – Part 3: Commercial Mortgage Default Options Including Acceleration and Enforcement of Personal Guaranties

Jimerson Firm

Bank of America, N.A., 3d DCA 2006) (“In Florida, an acceleration clause in a mortgage confers a contract right upon the note or mortgage holder which he or she may elect to enforce upon default.”). Bank, N.A. See, e.g. , Flagship Bank of Orlando v. Bank of Montreal, 542 So. First Nat’l Bank & Tr.,

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Default Interest Rates are Presumed Reasonable Under Sec. 506(b), and a Bankruptcy Court May Not Use the Fair and Equitable Language of Sec. 1129(b) to Conclude Otherwise

The Creditors Rights

The Ninth Circuit BAP recently discussed on appeal the issue of whether a bankruptcy court may use the “fair and equitable” standard for confirmation in § 1129(b) to deny an oversecured creditor default interest on its claim to which it would otherwise be entitled under § 506(b). In Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 819 (9 th Cir.