Might be unusual to have happen just at 30 days - usually 120 days or more is the norm ... However ... if the payee has a history of consistently being 30 days late on making every single payment, then it could go to collections ... and quite possibly close and demand full payment.
Accounts that are past due or collection agency accounts.
It is important to pay bills on time, every month. A collection agency calls to help a person with their finances and with paying their past-due bill, they stop calling when it is obvious they are not getting what they need, and they need to send it to a persons credit.?æ
By federal mandate, the credit reporting agency must NOT report you to the credit bureaus until 30 days past the date of the letter sent to you.
if you do not owe it, they shouldn't be able to collect it anywhere. even if its past the deadline for you to contest the bill you should still try
One thing you can do it contact the credit reporting agency that is showing it andtell them you want to dispute it. They have a number of days, 90I think, to send you a form and follow up.
Original creditors sale their accounts to collection agencies when the account has been past due and they have not effectively collected. At that time, the original creditor will charge off the balance from their accounts receivable and turn the account over to a collection agency. When the collection agency collects the debt, a portion of the amount received is paid the the collection agency and the remainder is returned to the original creditor as profit.
Assuming you mean "pay" instead of "pat," the answer is no. However, if the debt is yours - you can be sued for it. And if the collection agency wins, you can have your wages garnished or your checking account. Keep in mind that each state has a different statute of limitations (SOL) for debt, and collection agencies often try to collect on debt that is past the SOL. Once it is past the SOL, you cannot be sued for it.
It all depends on the amount owed and the company owed to.
A company, usually a collection agency, will buy past due accounts from businesses for pennies on the dollar. They make a profit when they collect on the debts.
A utility bill assistance is when you need couple of more days to pay the bill. So perhaps an electric bill assistance is when you need couple of more days past the due date to pay the bill.
There is no special rule that says why should businesses use collection agencies. One of the most essential activities of a business is dealing with the accounts payable and there is going to be other business or consumers that will not pay on time, for business accounts that are delinquent 60, 90, 120 or more days, represent a tremendous lost. When a business goes after their delinquent account (past due accounts) may represent an enormous effort and resources to collect that account, some times business have in-house collection department, some business mix in-house with a third party collection agency. When collecting business debt a commercial collection agency usually is needed. So, this is up to the business, if they want to collect themselves or via a third party collection agency
The account must be past due for 126 days to be cancelled.