The Fair Credit Reporting Act provides a formula for determining how long a debt may show on your credit report. It allows the debt to display for 7 years from the last time you paid "as agreed" (on time) immediately prior to default. In your question, you mention the debt was charged off in 1999. But, when was it last paid. That date, DLA set the reporting time period. It may have been paid on time years prior to being charged off, or may have been collected on for a year prior to charge off. Derogatory information is never actually "removed". It remains in your credit file and can possibly be accessed if your credit is pulled within certain parameters. These parameters are also detailed in the FCRA and are rare, but possible.
If the account is legitimately yours, then you cannot legally have it removed from your credit report. However, if you paid the collection account off, it should be reported as paid on your credit report. Still, the accounts will not be removed from your credit report for 7 years.
No, it is illegal, and if you are a victim of this, you can have it removed from your credit report by disputing it with the bureaus. After the statute of limitations is up on any trade line, it can not be placed back on your credit report.
The only way to have an account removed from your credit report is: 1. To prove the account was a result of fraud. Or 2. To let the account run the course which is 7 yrs. from the date it was PAID.
It depends on what you mean. If you have erroneous information on your credit report, contact the credit reporting agency and tell them you want to file a dispute. If you're referring to a negative credit account or report that is in fact accurate, you usually cannot have that removed. Entries on your credit report are removed automatically after 7-10 years depending on what it is.
I had the same issue, and technical they can sometimes be a double reporting on your account. You have the right to send that in as a dispute, requesting that one of entries be removed, as these double entries do effect your credit.
If the account is legitimately yours, then you cannot legally have it removed from your credit report. However, if you paid the collection account off, it should be reported as paid on your credit report. Still, the accounts will not be removed from your credit report for 7 years.
No, it is illegal, and if you are a victim of this, you can have it removed from your credit report by disputing it with the bureaus. After the statute of limitations is up on any trade line, it can not be placed back on your credit report.
The only way to have an account removed from your credit report is: 1. To prove the account was a result of fraud. Or 2. To let the account run the course which is 7 yrs. from the date it was PAID.
It depends on what you mean. If you have erroneous information on your credit report, contact the credit reporting agency and tell them you want to file a dispute. If you're referring to a negative credit account or report that is in fact accurate, you usually cannot have that removed. Entries on your credit report are removed automatically after 7-10 years depending on what it is.
Yes, late payments can be removed from your credit report. Under the Fair Credit Reporting, any consumer can dispute anything on their credit report they believe to be erroneous or inaccurate. If you fall under this category, send a dispute letter to the credit bureau asking for verification on the account, they have 30 to days to verify it or it must be removed.
A charged off account is similar to a collection on your credit report. The creditor has written off the debt owed and closed the account. The debt is still valid though and can be collected on. The charge off will lower your credit score unless removed. You can dispute a charge off and this give the credit bureaus 30 days to verify the charge off or it must be removed from your credit report.
I had the same issue, and technical they can sometimes be a double reporting on your account. You have the right to send that in as a dispute, requesting that one of entries be removed, as these double entries do effect your credit.
When a derogatory item is removed from your credit report, them yes, your score increases. If you have a credit account with no derogatory items (late payments) and you close it, then your score is likely to decrease.
Anytime a negative item is removed from your credit report, it will raise your credit score unless new collections are added to your report.
It should be removed from the credit report in 2009. A bankruptcy remains on a credit report for ten years from date of discharge.
It is always a good policy to attempt this. But whether or not you succeed in getting a paid collection account removed from your credit report is totally within the discretion of the creditor. There is no law that requires or compels credit reporting. The Fair Credit Reporting Act states that IF an account is reported, then it must be correct. Therefore, collection agencies and creditors usually will tell a consumer that they "must" by law report the accurate nature of the account, which would be a paid collection, as opposed to removing the account.
7 Years, and then they are removed. Under your adverse account, there should be a removal date for each account.