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Dont ignore it! Try to reach a settlement. At the very least, go to court. If you dont go, then the account will automatically become a judgement, which will stay on your credit report for up to 10 years. Most companies are willing to work with a payment plan, so there are certainly options available to resolve the debt before it becomes a larger and lengthy problem.
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Can you be arrested after being sued by a collection agency?
yes
What property is exempt from being taken by a collection agency?
all of them
What are the benefits of using a business collection agency?
There are a few benefits to using a collection agency for ones business or personal purposes. One benefit to using a collection agency would be being able to avoid having to directly deal with the person who owes money.
If you don't receive a summons or any documentation regarding a pending lawsuit by a collection agency how do you know if it's really true?
If you are being sued, you will always receive a summons. Sometimes it is delivered by a process server sometimes by registered mail. A collection agency telling you, you are being sued, does not necessarily make it fact. Only attorneys can file suit and they have to adhere to the state laws where the person resides. A collection agency cannot sue you regardless of what they claim. Sorry, I should add you need to be aware of the difference in collection agency and collection attorney. For instance Mann-Bracken LLC, are collection attorneys and/or arbitrators. They can initiate a lawsuit.
Does a debt being turned over to a collection agency ruin your credit?
Yes.
What to do after being served papers for an NSF check that went to a collections agency?
The people you wrote the check to originally are the only ones you have a legal obligation to. They probably turn all their collections to the collection agency, as a matter of course, but you have no obligation to deal with them or even talk to them. You should make reparations for the bounced check and bank fees, but it should be done to the people you were dealing with at first. A collection agency is a sub-contractor that will take part of the funds collected, usually around half, but they have no authority to garnish wages, repossess goods or affect ratings and services. They will claim these and a lot of other things, but they aren't true.
How can you find out who you originally owed if a debt collection company is now collecting?
After being contacted by a collection agency you have thirty days to request confirmation of the debt. Their response should include the balance owed and the place where the debt was originally incurred.
What happens if a person lives out of country and is being sued by collection agency Does collection still get default judgment even if he didn't get the court apparence letter?
Yes
What should you do if a collection agency calls and you tell them they are also being recorded and they can't continue this phone then they hang up?
Hanging up does not make it go away. The next step is arrest.
Florida hospitals and collection agency?
Collection agencies can collect for Florida hospitals. Medical bills are not looked on as poorly as other bills when offers of credit are being considered.
After you told this collection agency who brought your account not to call you on your job can they continue?
If you "told" them , I would assume you meant you did this via the phone. Then with that being the case , yes, they may continue to contact you. ONLY if you either write them a leter stating to not cntactyou at work , or you notify them that your employer does not permet personal calls would the collection agency not be permitted to contact you at work. I would also say that any communication should be done by letter and those letters should be done either registered or certified or both. In this manner you have documentation from the post office that you actually did contact the collection agency and when you had that contact. Also it provs you did send something so the collection agency can not latter on claim they never got anything from you the debtor . It should go without saying , but I will say it anyway , as well as sending your communication with a collection agency by registered mail, please also keep a copy of each letter that you send to them for your own records ..
Can a creditor and the collection agency who purchases your account from the creditor both report the same debt in separate instances to a CRA?
Yes, they can and it's customary for them to. The original account should have all the history, including late payments you made and the status (collection or charge off), the DLA, and date the account was opened. It should not be showing a balance due once sold or assigned to a collection agency. It may have a statement about being sold or transferred, but not always. The CA account should have the date they received, or were assigned, the account and the current balance (often with interest added in). The DLA should not have changed.
