A repossession will remain on record for 12 years actually - not on your credit file (that is 6 years as the previous poster said) but on a separate record consulted by Lenders. It contains details of all repo's and the dates and whether they were ever paid off. As far as I know, voluntary repo's miss[ed] the list for some reason, but if you are on it the Lender will find out when they do their search for your history.(posted 8144 days ago)