Nothing can legally affect the date of last activity. That date is established according to guidelines set out in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. When a collection account or charge off is reported to the credit bureaus, the data furnisher has 90 days to identity the DLA. It is set, established and cannot be changed. To do so is called "re-aging" and is a violation of the FCRA. If you send a dispute to the credit bureaus, their procedure is to contact the data furnisher and request "verification". This most definitely notifies the collection agency about your dispute. Who knows if they are "alarmed" by this. The bureaus have 30 days (from the date they receive your written dispute) to get "verification" or they must shield the account from view.
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.
There is no statute of limitations in disputing information on your credit report. If it is being reported, it can be disputed. Simple enough! ;o)
AnswerYou get them to match by disputing errors with each individual credit agency.
When disputing information on your credit report for the first time, the disputed information is not calculated into your score during the investigaion. If information is disupte for the second time or so on, it will then be calculated into your score, as it has been found to be correct after the first investigation.
The letter itself will not change a DLA. The Date of Last Activity is SUPPOSED to be the date you last made a charge on the account, the date you acquired service, or 6 months from the date of last delinquency (if there is no other way to establish the DLA). Many collection agencies sidestep the Fair Credit Reporting Acts' statute of limitations by not reporting DLA's at all. How can they be expected to remove an account that is past the statute of limitations if they don't have the DLA? (tricky, huh?) Disputing a collection account will change the date the account was last reported on the bureaus. This date, much more than the DLA will cause the account to affect your credit score.
Yes a collection can ruin your credit report. Collections are similar to charge offs and will lower your score significantly all depending on the age of the collections and the amount owed. You can remove a collection by disputing it to the credit bureaus or by contacting the original creditor and working out a deal. Either way works well. You might have to hire a credit repair service if you decide to dispute it or have the money to settle the collection if you contact the creditor directly.
Good question. There are a few tactics to remove collections from your credit report; First, is the debt paid off? If so, the option I would suggest is to write a dispute letter to that specific credit bureau. If the debt has not been paid yet, typically, you can negotiate with the creditor to remove the collection account from your credit report if you pay the debt (WARNING!!! make sure this is stated in writing before you send any money).
How old is it? Why don't you try disputing it with all 3 CRA's as "Not Mine or No knowledge of Account"
The United States and Mexico were disputing about the boarders.Mexico and the United States were disputing about the boarders.
Write to the agency and tell it you are disputing it; that they are not to call or write to you anymore on it and that if they want to pursue it they have to do so in court. You should also notify the appropriate credit agencies that you are disputing the debt not just ignoring it. Ignoring it but not disputing it looks like you are admitting its yours but you do not or can not pay it. That is bad for your credit. If you dispute a small claim, chances are the agency will consider it not to be worth going to court over and write it off.
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The collection agency must give you thirty days to dispute any portion of the debt they claim you owe. You must send a written reply disputing the amount and any proof of your claim.
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.
thats what they were born to do
disputing
Not agreeing or questioning the conclusion.
There is no statute of limitations in disputing information on your credit report. If it is being reported, it can be disputed. Simple enough! ;o)