Coming up to 16 years ago I bought a vehicle on Hire Purchase. It was a 4 year agreement and after 3 years I hit financial issues. Ended up offering the creditor who was the manufacturer the vehicle back with a list of the issues common to that model. One issue required an engine casing replacement which would have cost more than was remaining on the agreement. They declined my offer to hand it back after they almost went as far as court for repossession. Ended up on £5 per month whilst my finances were grim. I ended up moving home, things got worse and I kinda ended up forgetting about it after changing banks. I hadn't updated my address with them and I never heard anything over email. I moved again and now at this point I am over 12 years since default and about 10 years since last payment or contact. As the vehicle was on HP and has outstanding finance, who actually owns it? I know it remains the property of the creditor until payments are completed, but the creditor refused to take the vehicle back, in this situation, who actually has ownership? They didn't make any attempts to contact me or repossess the vehicle after I stopped making token payments, so can they be assumed to have abandoned any claim to it? I have no intention to sell it, just curious where it sits legally.
What happens with a HP vehicle on a defaulted and statute barred agreement?
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