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∙ 2005-09-19 23:43:48Creditors obtain all the information they need to report defaulted accounts to credit bureaus when the account holder fills out the original application/agreement.
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∙ 2005-09-19 23:43:48That depends on what you mean by "can't find or locate a creditor". If you get a copy of each of your credit reports, they will list the contact information for each of the creditors that are reporting any type of information about you on your credit report. if you cannot get a response from the creditor after locating their contact information on your credit report, then you may want to "dispute" the information with the credit bureau that is reporting the information. Simply write a letter to the credit bureau stating that the information being reported on XYZ account is not accurate. Please remove this information from my credit file. The bureau will contact the reporting creditor...if the creditor does not respond within a timely fashion, the information will be removed from your credit file.
No.
Yes, they can report you for any amount they are owed.
Yes. There are no laws stating that any creditor has to report to any more than one credit bureau (and the creditor is allowed to choose which one to report to).
The original creditor either sells the debt to a collection agency or the collection agency may aquire the debt on a contingency basis. At any rate once the account is in collections 30 days from the date of turn over the collection agency has the right to report the account to the credit bureau. Accounts are sent to the credit bureau via internet with encrypted files.
A collection agency can report you to the credit bureau for any amount of money. There are agencies that will report for amounts under a hundred dollars.
If the debt was properly assigned by the original creditor, yes. If you are making payments to the Original creditor than ask them to pull it back from there Collection agency, then dispute with the CRA's and when they update it should delete
There are 2 ways to remove a collection off your credit report. Either by the original creditor or by the credit bureau. The creditor will most likely not help you unless it was negotiated before you paid them off. You can dispute the debt to the credit bureaus and they must investigate it. If it isn't verified with in 30 days it will be removed from your credit report.
Hard to say. Disputing the collection after you pay off the creditor could still come back as 'verified' from the credit bureaus simply because the collection did happen. If the collection agency does not respond to the credit bureau's query, then the entry will be removed.
Yes, they can. However, most don't provided you make a payment agreement with them and honor it until the bill is paid in full.
Unless you can prove that the bureau singled you out in order to ruin your reputation as a borrower (which is highly improbable no matter how you feel about the bureaus) you cannot sue the credit bureau. You can, however, request that incorrect information be removed from your record. If the creditor that you feel is fraudulent cannot provide records to prove that you are behind or have the account, the credit bureau will remove the item from your report... If you do feel singled out by one particular bureau and want to obtain credit, then ask the to-be-creditor to check your report from a different bureau and not from the one you feel has fraudulent information. They might concede with your request if they feel the situation is extreme enough...
You would have to be a client/contributing member of the bureau to report information.