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Depends, a repo stays on credit for 7 years, and a bankruptcy stays for 11 years, after you have paid off a debt and they have received payment it should be taken of immediately, but you may want to get a free credit report and check and if it is still there call them and ask them about it.
At that point, you STILL owe that remaining balance. And that credit report time doesn't start until AFTER you pay that remainder off, with interest. So, if it takes you four years to pay it off, you still have that repo on your record for another 5-7 years. It can make life miserable. No such thing as a voluntary repossesion, just because you gave the guy the keys means nothing. It stays on your credit report for a while unless you dispute it and have it removed. It stays on for 7 years. Usually 10 years if the lender posts it to your credit record.