Vehicle & equipment recovery
Involuntary and consent recoveries on cars, light trucks, powersports and small equipment, carried out without breach of the peace.
Manitoba · Licensed & bonded
Secured asset recovery, done lawfully and documented end to end.
City Collections recovers financed vehicles and equipment on behalf of lenders, credit unions and finance companies — with a photographed, timestamped file behind every assignment.
- First attempt within 24 hours
- Photo & condition report on every unit
- Bonded, insured, PPSA-compliant
What we do
One agency for the whole recovery file
Locate, recover, transport, store, and hand off to remarketing — without stitching together four vendors and four invoices.
Skip tracing & locates
Address and employment verification, plate and VIN confirmation, and surveillance where a debtor or unit has gone quiet.
Storage & remarketing
Secure fenced storage, personal-property inventory and release, then transport straight to your auction lane or dealer.
How it works
Four steps from assignment to close-out
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01
Assignment received
You send the debtor and unit details with your security agreement and default confirmation. We acknowledge in writing within one business hour.
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Locate & verify
Address checks, plate and VIN verification, and skip tracing if the unit is not where the file says it is. Nothing is towed until identity is confirmed.
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Recovery & documentation
The unit is recovered, photographed on site, and a condition report is written before it moves. Personal property is inventoried, not discarded.
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Storage, redemption or release
We hold the unit through the redemption window, handle debtor contact about personal property, and release to you, your buyer or your auction on instruction.
24 hrsTarget to first recovery attempt
100%Files closed with a photo set
30+ yrsCombined field experience
7 daysDispatch coverage, including holidays
Compliance
The part that protects your file
A recovery that cannot be defended is not a recovery. Every assignment is worked against Manitoba’s Personal Property Security Act and the consumer-protection rules that govern seizure of financed goods, and every step is written down.
- Licensed and bonded; commercial general liability, garage keepers and cargo coverage in force
- Written no-breach-of-the-peace policy, with agents trained and re-certified on it
- Timestamped photographs and a signed condition report on every unit
- Personal property inventoried, stored and released against signature
- Debtor information handled under PIPEDA and disclosed only to the secured party
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Documentation is not paperwork — it is the difference between a recovery that holds up and one that costs you the deficiency.
Operations policy, City Collections
Has your vehicle been recovered?
If a vehicle financed in your name has been taken, there is a clear process for getting your personal belongings back and for finding out what is required to redeem the vehicle. We can walk you through it.
Ready to place an assignment?
Files are acknowledged within one business hour and assigned to a field agent the same day.