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Can debt collector refuse a payment?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 7/24/2022

It depends on the terms of the loan contract. * Yes. Once a contract is in default a collector or creditor does not have to accept anything less than the full amount owed.

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Laurence Kemmer

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3y ago

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