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Can you be sued by colection agency for medical bills that are pass the statute of limitations?
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∙ 16y ago
There is a federal law entitled the FDCPA. Any time you have a collection question you should search for the answer there first. An agency can attempt to collect the debt that is out of statute but they have no way of legally enforcing payment. Many times a person will pay an outstanding bill when its out of statute because they are not aware there are statutes of limitations. Sometimes a bill collection company will not even know that the statute tolled on the debt. Many times the client does not give the agency proper information purposely or by accident.....
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 16y agoNope, they cannot.
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