For one thing, the police issue a warrant for your arrest, as one man with an overdue rental car in Pennsylvania recently found out.
According to the Patch.com site for Moon Township, Pa., a man from Pittsburgh picked up a Budget rental car last fall and was scheduled to return it November 20. When did Budget get the car back? Not until early June, after the renter, who’d driven off to Florida, found out police had obtained a warrant for his arrest for felony theft and unauthorized use of an automobile.
Police said the man wracked up nearly $900 in late fees on the vehicle, which given most rental agencies’ propensity for charging fees and how severely late the car was returned, sounds surprisingly low.
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