Unfortunately, I know from experience. I've been told that they would be notified immediately. However, it can take at least 3 months to come off of your credit report. Don't forget that you can get 1 free credit report a year from the government.
Collection agencies notify all the credit bureaus electronically concerning the delinquency amount of the debt and number of days outstanding every 30 days.
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The new bankruptcy law requires that you list the original credit. However, I recommend reporting both. It doesn't cost you any extra money because the bankruptcy court mails out the notices and the harassing phone clals will stop sooner if you notify the collection agencies as well as the creditors.
A collection agency in any state would need to notify you first.
Credit reference agencies can help you identify any mistakes that appear on your credit report. By checking your credit report for free once a year you can notify credit agencies of any errors on your credit report and have them resolved before it effects your credit score.
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.
No. In fact, they are required by law to notify you of who they are and that they are attempting to collect a debt. This is covered under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
A good place to start would be to contact the credit reporting agencies and request a copy of the deceased's credit report to notify the creditors.
1 - Most important is to notify the fraud department of all three credit reporting agencies: Equifax Experian Transunion 2- Notify the local police. 3 - Notify your bank 4 - check for if you have fraudulent charges on your credit or your bank account (if yes - close them)
go to a buy here pay here car lot or a rent to own and make a purchase make the payments on time and ask them to notify the credit agencies of the established credit.
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if you consolidated your student loans, generally the third credit bureau will find the information depending on which agency the student loan organization send their information directly to. you can notify the bureau directly, but, make sure the information you want them to update is accurate and favorable to you and your credit first. sometimes, what they don't know won't hurt them, see?