Some private student loan companies offer a cosigner release program, that allows you to keep your loans and remove your cosigner. The requirements to qualify for cosigner release can vary. But in general, you need to make a certain number of consecutive on-time payments, then undergo a credit history review.
If you cosigned for a loan and want to remove your name, there are some steps you can take:
Refinance. One of the most straightforward ways to remove a cosigner is for the borrower to refinance the loan on their own. Refinancing involves taking out a new loan, typically with a different lender, that is used to pay off the previous note and provide new terms going forward.
How cosigning affects credit, in general. Since as a cosigner you are just as responsible for the loan, it will show up on your credit report. This loan will impact your credit score just as any loan you took out would. However, it could also negatively impact your score without you doing anything.
Did you actually cosign the loan for the primary borrower? This is one of the ways that your name can be removed from the loan. If the borrower forged your signature, or if they committed fraud to enforce you to sign the loan contract, you can sue both the lender and the primary borrower to have your name removed.
A cosigner doesn't have any legal rights to the car they've cosigned for, so they can't take a vehicle from its owner. Cosigners have the same obligations as the primary borrower if the loan goes into default, but the lender is going to contact the cosigner to make sure the loan gets paid before this point.
Cosigners can't take possession of the vehicle they cosign for, or remove the primary borrower from the loan, since their name isn't on the vehicle's title. Getting out of an auto loan as a cosigner isn't always easy. However, knowing what you signed on for as a cosigner is key and you're not out of options.
Generally, co-signing refers to financing, not ownership. ... Even if the co-signer makes the payments, they're still not the owner if their name isn't on the title. Unless our anonymous commenter's parents' names are on the title, it seems unlikely they would have an ownership interest in the vehicle.
Generally, a co-signer not in possession has no right to surrender a vehicle.
Taking on new debt typically causes your credit score to dip, but because refinancing replaces an existing loan with another of roughly the same amount, its impact on your credit score is minimal.
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