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Can a collection agency garnish your wages?

A Collection Agency that "owns your debt" can not garnish any wages. Assume that the collection agency in their efforts to collect the debt for their client, sues the debtor and then provoke that the Court works an arrangement to pay the debt, if the arrangement includes garnishment of wages then, the Court can garnish salaries. And there is laws to garnish wages that apply to every state.


I am currently and have been paying faithfully a collection agency 50.00 a month to settle a medical debt. The agency is now threatening to garnish my wages for more. can they do that.?

NO. If you are paying a little at a time they can not garnish wages. The collection agency can not garnish your wages.The only agency that can do that is the Internal Revenue Service. It is better to pay the account in full when settleing a debt it show's on you credit report that you took a settlement. 50.00 a month try that toward your outstanding balance and pay more if you can.


Is it better to pay a collection agency or let them write the debt off?

if you pay the collection agency you can get back in good credit standings , ifyou dont they can get a judgment against you, and garnish your wadges , if they do a charge off it stays on your credit for up to 10 years know and it is harder to get credit with a charge off


If you owe a company money and it is placed in collections can you pay the original company or do u have to pay the collection agencies?

You have to pay the collection agency. The original company has a signed contract with the collection agency and they pay the collection agency a % of what they collect from you. That's how they make their $$. The original company did not want to have the outstanding balance on their books.


Can they garnish your pay check because your spouse is indebt?

Washington State, Can they garnish my pay check because my spouse wages are being garnished to pay off a credit card debt.

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What happens if you do not pay a collection agency?

if a collection agency isn't paid, the debt can be put on a persons credit report. The collection agency can also choose to garnish a persons paycheck.


Can a collection agency garnish your wages?

A Collection Agency that "owns your debt" can not garnish any wages. Assume that the collection agency in their efforts to collect the debt for their client, sues the debtor and then provoke that the Court works an arrangement to pay the debt, if the arrangement includes garnishment of wages then, the Court can garnish salaries. And there is laws to garnish wages that apply to every state.


I am currently and have been paying faithfully a collection agency 50.00 a month to settle a medical debt. The agency is now threatening to garnish my wages for more. can they do that.?

NO. If you are paying a little at a time they can not garnish wages. The collection agency can not garnish your wages.The only agency that can do that is the Internal Revenue Service. It is better to pay the account in full when settleing a debt it show's on you credit report that you took a settlement. 50.00 a month try that toward your outstanding balance and pay more if you can.


What are your options if you are unable to pay the full debt amount to the collection agency?

Do NOT pay any money to a collection agency.......send your money to the debtor, the person you owe it to. Send it in the form of a check or money order. NEVER PAY A COLLECTION AGENCY


Asking If you pay the collection agency can you have the derogatory item removed from your credit file?

pay the collection agency, then check what their report is about you, if not good threaten to get a attorney and bring suit


How do you use garnish in a sentence?

"Before serving the prepared dish to the restaurant customer, the chef added the customary Parsley garnish to the opened baked potato."


Can a collection agency garnish your wages in the state of Georgia?

No, collection agencies cannot garnish a person's wages, in the state of Georgia. They can threaten and use many scare tactics to get a person to pay their debts, but they cannot take any money that is not given to them.


Is it better to pay a collection agency or let them write the debt off?

if you pay the collection agency you can get back in good credit standings , ifyou dont they can get a judgment against you, and garnish your wadges , if they do a charge off it stays on your credit for up to 10 years know and it is harder to get credit with a charge off


I live in CA and Im trying to make payment arrangements with a hospital. They want me to pay 450.00 up front or they will send me to collections. If I only have 100.00 to give them can they do that?

They can. But, you owe the hospital not the collections agency. If you pay $100.00 per month to the accounting department of the hospital, they arenot likely to refuse your payment, and will apply it toward your bill. If you continue to pay the hospital and refuse to discuss anything with the collection agency when they begin to call you, your bill is likely going to be paid in full by the time the collection agency can do anything but send you letters and call. Be careful and do not pay with a personal check. Pay by postal money order only. Paying by personal check gives your banking information to the hospital who in turn can pass this on to the collection agency. In the event they eventually obtain a judgment against you, the collection agency will already have the information they need to garnish your assets.


If you owe a company money and it is placed in collections can you pay the original company or do u have to pay the collection agencies?

You have to pay the collection agency. The original company has a signed contract with the collection agency and they pay the collection agency a % of what they collect from you. That's how they make their $$. The original company did not want to have the outstanding balance on their books.


You owe 690.00 to a food vendor should you pay a collection agency?

No pay the vendor. If you pay the collection agency they will extract a fee from the payment and you will still owe the vendor


Can they garnish your pay check because your spouse is indebt?

Washington State, Can they garnish my pay check because my spouse wages are being garnished to pay off a credit card debt.