Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Even Fairer in Texas Savings.com (blog)
If you have unresolved credit card debt, there's never been a better time to be a Texan. Home of the Alamo and some of the most secure debt collection laws in the country, Texas does all that it can to protect its residents from harassment by credit card companies and third party collection agencies. On top of federal laws like the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act , Texas imposes its own set of laws to ensure debtors are treated fairly and only held responsible for legitimate debts. The state provides solid protection for those with debt accumulated on Texas credit cards.In Texas, the "statute of limitations," or maximum time after an event that a creditor can sue you, for credit card debt is 4 years, meaning any debts older than that are off limits to creditors. But, since the statute of limitations begins on the day of your last payment, any recent payments made on an old debt reset the 4-year time limit, giving credit card companies and collection agencies the green light
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Hartford CourantConsumers Have Recourse If Debt Collectors Cross The LineHartford Courant, United StatesAmong the complaints, the company is accused of threatening that a state child-welfare agency would take away a consumer's children if the debt went unpaid. That, of course, is untrue and illegal. To help reduce your chances of being victimized by
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Blog: Viewers fired up over debt collectors report WOAI Blog: Viewers fired up over debt collectors reportWOAI, TXIn fact, these attorneys argue that banks and credit companies often put a low-level employee in charge of rubber stamping these affidavits just to please the collection agencies, and thus they shouldn't be allowed to hold up as evidence in court. |
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