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Late payments or collection accounts will remain for 7 years after the last reporting. That means a late pay will drop off after 7 years, but every month you're late is a new event and new reporting date. Foreclosures, repos and chargeoffs are also 7 years. Bankruptcy is 10 years. Remember that the discharge date may be very different that the filing date.

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