JTerminal Outcomes

    Payment History Profile Code J: Voluntary Surrender

    Payment History Profile Code J means "Voluntary Surrender". The consumer voluntarily gave the collateral back in that month rather than having it taken. J records cooperation, but it is still a terminal negative outcome. It is reported in Payment History Profile (Field 18) of the Base Segment, 24 characters at position 112.

    Specification

    CodeJ
    MeaningVoluntary Surrender
    FieldPayment History Profile (Field 18)
    RecordBase Segment
    Length / position24 chars · 112135
    CategoryTerminal Outcomes
    CRRG referenceCRRG Base Segment field definition, Payment History Profile

    What Payment History Profile Code J means

    • The distinguishing fact is that the consumer initiated the return. If you sent a recovery agent, the character is K, not J.
    • Voluntary surrender is still a default outcome. It is not a neutral or positive event just because the consumer cooperated.
    • Any deficiency remaining after the collateral is sold continues to be reported through the balance fields, and the account does not become current because the collateral is gone.
    • Does NOT mean the debt was satisfied. Surrendering a vehicle worth less than the loan leaves a deficiency the consumer still owes.
    • Does NOT apply to real property foreclosure. A completed foreclosure is H even where the borrower cooperated with the process.

    When to report J

    • 1A credit union reports the month a borrower drove a financed vehicle back to the branch and handed over the keys.
    • 2An indirect auto lender reports a voluntary surrender arranged by phone before any recovery agent was assigned.
    • 3A powersports or marine lender reports collateral returned voluntarily after the borrower could no longer afford the payments.
    • 4An equipment lender reports a consumer-financed item returned voluntarily under the contract's surrender terms.

    Reporting rules

    • Report J only where the return was genuinely voluntary. A surrender arranged after a repossession order was executed is K.
    • Report the surrender in the month it happened. Earlier months keep the delinquency characters that were true at the time.
    • Continue to report the deficiency balance accurately after the collateral is liquidated.
    • Keep the Date of First Delinquency anchored to the original missed payment.

    Codes and fields that must agree

    A file can be structurally valid and still be wrong. These are the cross-field conditions Payment History Profile Code J has to satisfy.

    • Payment Rating does not publish a J value, so a J in position 1 must be reconciled against Account Status rather than mechanically against Payment Rating.
    • J in position 1 corresponds to Account Status 95 (voluntary surrender).
    • Normally a Portfolio Type I (Installment) secured account. A voluntary surrender on an unsecured revolving account has no collateral to surrender and is a portfolio-type contradiction.
    • A Date of First Delinquency is required where the surrender followed an uncured delinquency.
    • Current Balance should reflect the deficiency after liquidation, not the pre-surrender balance, once the collateral has been sold.

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    Source: CRRG Base Segment field definition, Payment History Profile. Last reviewed 2026-08-25.

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