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Dealing with Debt Collectors

Debt Free Colorado

You have rights to help you gain control over your debt collection interactions. To learn more about pursuing your legal rights, contact your state’s local consumer agency. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) does not apply to original creditors or cover company obligations.

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Need to Know About Debt Negotiation and Settlement?

Sawin & Shea

In exchange of this discharge non-exempt assets are liquidated by a Chapter 7 trustee in order to pay creditors back something. Debt negotiation means your creditor has agreed to accept less than the full amount of your debt as payment– it also means debt collectors can’t harass you for your payments. What are the warning signs?

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What Is a Judgment?

Credit Corp

Quasi in rem: Quasi in rem judgments consider the legal rights of individuals and not necessarily all parties involved. That means judgment creditors can seek debt payment from more than your wages and bank accounts. Creditors must follow the law when applying a judgment to take, or seize, your property. Property liens.

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Domesticating and Enforcing Your Foreign Judgments With a Massachusetts Collections Attorney

Collections Law

As we have helped and represented numerous foreign judgment creditors over more than three decades, we have a sound understanding of the procedural rules and Massachusetts law pertaining to foreign judgment enforcement. Though it is their legal right, they can manipulate them to delay the debt payment process.