Is it true that in seven years your past due accts go away from your credit report??
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Yes its true, but only if it has been resolved.\n\nIf you resolve it today, it will disappear in the year 2013. If its STILL unresolved and its STILL past due, then your credit is just going down down down and it will never go away until you take care of it.
765370
Yes...credit agencies record the number of times your credit report is accessed by lenders in the last 24 months.  Too many of these "inquiries" drop your credit score.  After 24 months, the inquiry is removed from your report.  Accessing your own credit report or inquiries made for auto loans, credit account maintenance, or promotional inquiries aren't counted.
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Lets clear up the wrong answers and guesses.\n\nA negative report on your credit history will stay for 7 years.  The date start on the day of default.\n\nJudgements stay on your record for 7 years.  Bankruptcy Chapter 7's stay for 10.\n\nRead the law folks!  Arm yourself!  Knowledge of the law is our only weapon against creditors!
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A paid delinquency will be removed from your credit report 7 years from the date you made your last payment.
612957
A "charge off" basically means that the company that you owe has given up on you and taken a charge on their books as a bad debt.  This way, they can report you as a loss and not have to pay taxes on money they never got.  \n\nBut that's not the end of it.  First, they may sell your debt to a collection firm or some company that will keep trying to collect from you.  They tend to be very aggressive and sometimes abusive, even disobeying the law to collect sometimes.\n\nSecond, it will most likely be reported as a "charge off" on your credit report, which is one of the worst things to have on your credit.  Normally, after 7 years, bad credit like this will "roll off" your credit report, because after 7 years of no action on your account, the information expires.  However, if you make any payments during that 7 years, the seven year period starts all over again!!!  Also, if a company really hates you, or if they think you've done it on purpose, there are ways that they can play the system, and keep your bad record alive longer.  Most times they won't do that, but you never know.  Basically, it's good to avoid a charge-off if you can, and if you plan to buy a house or anything major in the next 7 years, it will make it extremely difficult.
653128
If they dont report the information to the credit bureaus it does not affect your credit.  Going 7 dollars over does not effect your credit if paid within the 30 day period
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YES THERE IS!! I'm so glad you asked! It's 6 years baby! I had to cut Sears off for trying to collect after 10 years! BIG NO NO! 6 years, that's it! Check out suzeorman.com. Other debtors can still try to collect after 7 years, but after 7 years it is to drop from your report. Watch out for judgements. They can stay on for 15 years and get RENEWED! Consumers have no justice I swear. Hope this helps!\n\nTo the third answer, NO THEY CANNOT CONTINUE TO COLLECT. It is a statute, so it's law. After 6 years, they would be going against Ohio State Statute, against the law. They cannot collect after 6 years, and it must be removed from your credit report after 7 years. Thrid answer needs to do some more research. www.suzeorman.com
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after about seven years assuming you have cleared your debt.  However, if you are nearing the 7 year mark and it is yet unpaid, it is in some cases actually better to not pay it and let it disappear, otherwise you pay off the debt but have to wait another 7 years before it clears from your credit history statement. Nothing like waiting 6 years and paying something off and having another 7 years on your credit history saying it's paid but paid way late.
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7 years is the statue of limitations, even with a court ordered replevin..  or the creditor can file a renewal with the court to extend the order if it close to the 7years. However if you make any type of payment towards the debt, you start your 7 years over.. The 7 years begins with the date of last activity.. So it all depends upon time... Whatever you do if it has been awhile.. Do Not Make a Payment...
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I hope that in your divorce this issue was addressed.\n\nIf there are still amounts owing on the joint debts, they will stay on your report until they are paid off.  And as long as your name is on the debt, you credit will reflect the payments & history.\n\nThere is no way to remove the joint debt reporting, this will be a part of your credit history for at least 7 years.   If the debts have been paid off and the accounts closed, then you can submit a paper explaining why accounts were late (if they were) etc. \n\nGood luck & congrats on your new life.
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it's an urban myth that things are removed from your report after 7 years. Not true. What does happen is that after time, things no longer affect your score. But it will be on there until the day you die and then some. I pulled a persons credit and it turned up they were deceased. But I could tell he had late payments on his credit cards from 10 years ago. Your account will show a zero balance on your report. any late payments will showup on there as well as when they occured. If you paid off your stuff, make sure you receive letters from your creditors stating you owe no balance and everything is paid. keep them. obtain your credit report and make sure it reflects that you have paid your balances off. if not, contact the reporting bureau and send copy of aforementioned letter and tell them to update. call your creditor and have them update it on their end to the bureaus as well.
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it should be cleared, as well as all attempts to collect it after 7 years of default. you will have to do the leg work as creditors won't do it on their own, so push them and keep pushing them to remove it.
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<sigh>\n\nOK, William, I thought you would be a differant form of creditor....but you are at least honest.  Just need some more education.\n\nWinelover, you are obviously a collector, peddeling the same like of BS as all the rest!\n\nLets clear up the lies.  Debts can NOT be reported on your credit report for more then 7 years, beginning on the date of the delinquency.  Please refer to the Fair Credit Reporting Act Section 804.\n\nCreditors can continue to collect on a debt that is older then the statute of limitations.  They just have no legal way of collecting.  Depending on the state, that runs from 4-10 years.  Once that day is passed, they can NOT sue you in court or legally try to collect.  If the debt is real old, you can simply contact the credit bureau and demand that it be removed due to the SOL running out.  It will probably require a letter to the creditor also.  Either way, debts older then 10 years can easily be ignored!\n\nSo when you folks tell people that depts never go away, you are simply uneducated or lying?  Which is it?\n\nThe only time they can continue to come after you is if they have taken you to court, and won a judgement.  \n\nThat said, lets answer your question.  William is correct.  Older debts do not hurt your score as bad as recent debts.  Don't get me wrong...negative reports still hurt!  \n\nIf you have any bills collection interest, pay them first (high interest rates first).  Then just try and work your way through.\n\nBefore you pay, first contact the creditors and try to negotiate a lower balance if possible.  Just explain what happened and they may work with you.  \n\nMost importing...you are trying to cean up your credit report.  It does you absolutely no good to pay these bills if the creditor does not remove any negative information from your report.  And you will find that once they have your money, they will not be very cooperative in helping you.  Once paid, you no longer have any leverage to work with.\n\nGet IN WRITING an agreement that once the bill is paid, they will remove all negative information from your records.\n\nUse the sample letters below to help you.\n\nWhen you negotiate, DO NOT offer to pay anything.  One slick trick collectors are using is to ask for a "good faith" payment.  If you do that, you start the statute of limitations clock, and your debt added several years to it's age.  The way the game is played...you are NOT denying you owe the debt, but you are NOT offering to pay it either, until an agreement is reached.
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Yahoo just had something on the homepage about devious "junk buyers" buying old debt for pennies on the dollar and then trying to make you pay even after the statute of limitations had passed-I know there is limits but as to what they are I can not 100% tell you.  \n\nAnd actually it is never 'removed' from your credit report, but companies only 'pull' a 7-10 year history, so it does not show, the debt is always listed on the report, so it never really disappears, just hanging out in old debt land, and if you go for a Senate Hearing or something they will pull it up.\n\nThe report said something about the basement buyers buying the debt and then reporting it as a 'new' debt to get it back active on your Credit Report, which is against the law.  The report also said they target those that paid some debt, because they were more worried about the ramifications of the credit report.  I will research and see if I can find the article-it was an informative read.
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It's sort of a catch-22.  Most things remain on your credit report for 7 years (such as a late payment).  If it goes to collections (let's say after 3 years) then the 7-years starts over again with that item on your credit report.  However, let's say you realize it after another 2 years, want to stop it from being a negative on your credit report, so you repay it - the collections agency will mark it on your credit report as paid, and it resets for another 7 years!  So, while it helps you to repay it, it hurts you at the same time (if you don't repay it, it will always negatively affect your credit score, even if it doesn't appear on there, and the credit agency can always exercise a lien on any money you make down the road).
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MOstly, no.\nBut there are some exceptions.\nFOr instance,\nA judgement normally falls off in 10 years, but if it is renewed in court, it can go right back on.\nIf you have a charge off and it falls off in 7 years, it could come back on in a few cases such as acknowledging the debt, by trying to be nice and pay something.  Also, they can sell the dept to a collection agency, who can then add that negative trade as well.\n\nThat is why I usually counsel my clients to do a chapter a7-11, and just discharge the debt because the creditors could care less about you.  Trust me, they could care less.\n\nIT is a business and you have to treat your personal credit like a business too, and remember, you are just a number to them.  A NUMBER and nothing else.  They don't care if you live or die.  As long as they think they can eek a dollar out of you, they will.\n\nThis is a complex subject, and impossible to fully address without a complete rundown of your situation.  I suggest you seek the guidance of an attorney who specializes in credit matters, in your area of jurisdiction.
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After 7 years the collections will fall off. Depending on how long it's been, determines if you should pay them back.  If it's already been 5 years, then leave it alone.  As soon as it falls off your credit report, your credit score will go back up again.  If you pay it now and it has been five years, your payment will make it current and then you will have to wait 7 years from your payment for it to fall off.  At any rate, your credit will slowly come back to life, but it does take time.  Responsible payments made and not being too close to or over your credit limit are major factors in determining a good credit score.