Account Recovery

APRIL 6, 2025

The debtor filed an FDCPA case in federal court, alleging Midland tried to collect a debt without owning it. WHAT THIS MEANS, FROM DAVID SCHULTZ OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON: A lot of FDCPA litigation arises out of state court collection cases. Delgado v Midlandis a recent and favorable opinion. It presents a somewhat common scenario.

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Collections Law

JANUARY 31, 2025

When you are pursuing a commercial collections lawsuit against a business debtor, it is easy to assume that payment is just around the corner. They allow you to secure assets of the debtor before the court issues a judgment. This means that before your debtor can sell or refinance property, your debt will have to be paid first.

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Nexa Collect

APRIL 27, 2021

Simple Answer: Once the bad debt entry hits the credit report, the fear in the debtor’s mind is gone. You just used the most effective tool in debt recovery before giving enough time to the debtor to settle your unpaid bills. The debtor thinks “ What worse can happen? The fear in the debtor’s mind is gone.

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Taurus Collect

JULY 14, 2022

However, hiring a reputed debt collection agency will significantly help you as they will use multiple methods to locate your debtors and help you effectively gather your amounts. One of the easiest ways a debt collection company can locate your debtors is by referring to the information on the credit application. Phone books.

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Jimerson Firm

MAY 30, 2024

The Bankruptcy Code provides debtors with a fresh start or an opportunity to reorganize their debts. In doing so, the Code requires all debtors to provide, under oath, a full disclosure of their assets and liabilities. Such property includes causes of action belonging to the debtor at the commencement of the bankruptcy case.

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Collections Law

JULY 25, 2024

With a thorough understanding of the idiosyncrasies of Massachusetts collections laws, they can lend their extensive knowledge to your company’s outstanding debts with post-judgment collection strategies, like bank attachments. What is a bank attachment? A bank attachment is a powerful post-judgment collection tool.

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Burr Forman

AUGUST 19, 2021

Paul Durdaller – Atlanta, Litigation and Banking and Finance. Paul Durdaller – Litigation, Banking and Finance. Erich Durlacher – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Ed Snow – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law. Birmingham.

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Collections Law

JULY 25, 2023

We seek to freeze a debtor’s assets prior to obtaining a judgment so that there is an identifiable resource from which to get you paid. Once you get that judgment, we seek leave of the court to direct the person or entity which is holding the debtor’s seized assets to pay you. What if our debtor doesn’t own a cash business?

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Collections Law

APRIL 9, 2021

You’ve won your case in court, and your debtor needs to make the necessary payments to resolve the outstanding debt. Bank and Real Estate Attachments. Cohen LLC will frequently seek to attach your debtor’s bank accounts — either with notice or ex parte — in our efforts to secure payments from your debtor.

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Credit Management Company

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

When individuals or businesses fall behind in payments, the situation often results in frustration and a breakdown in communication for both the debtor and the creditor. At CMC, our decades of experience have led us to develop a proven process of building professional relationships with debtors on behalf of our clients.

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Collections Law

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is extremely frustrating to discover that your debtor owes other people a lot of money. If your debtor hasn’t declared bankruptcy, there are several ways we can use to try to get you paid, even if you don’t have collateral or a court judgment yet. Since your debtor isn’t in bankruptcy, we can pursue the debt aggressively.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Many secured creditors and equipment leasing companies have encountered defaulted debts, where the debtors and lessees retain possession of the collateral, including cars, boats, machinery, or other equipment. Self-help asset recovery is more commonly known as repossession. Replevin. Security Underwriting Consultants, Inc. 2d 752 (Fla.

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Jimerson Firm

APRIL 9, 2024

When a court enters a civil money judgment, it creates a judgment debtor and a judgment creditor. If the judgment debtor fails or refuses to pay the amount of the judgment, the judgment creditor may elect to use statutory collection methods to partially or fully satisfy the judgment. These exemptions are addressed below in turn.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Benefits payable to companies were not exempt and, as of October 2021, may still be restrained by a judgment creditor enforcing a judgment in New York against a commercial debtor. The following list of funds can not be taken from an individual judgment debtor’s bank account according to federal and state law : Social security.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

MARCH 25, 2024

Enforcing Judgments against bank accounts An easy way to enforce a judgment in New York is to restrain bank accounts. Here’s how it works: A judgment creditor would issue a restraining notice to the bank. So that once a restraining notice is prepared, someone could go to the bank or other financial institution, etc.,

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FFGN COLLECT NY

MAY 8, 2024

In addition to refunding the monies, the bank also had to pay penalties for the unlawful freezing of the bank accounts. Between 2016 and 2022, Pathward wrongfully froze 1,400 bank accounts belonging to New Yorkers. The laws also prohibit banks from freezing accounts with protected wages, a set amount based on minimum wage.

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Taurus Collect

JULY 17, 2023

As a business owner, knowing how to effectively manage your debtors is essential when it comes to staying on top of financial transactions. That’s why we’ve put together this comprehensive guide to debtor tracing in the UK – to make sure you’re up-to-date with all relevant information!

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Collections Law

MARCH 27, 2023

When you have a commercial debtor who won’t pay but stays in business, they’re using your money to stay afloat. Your debtor claims they cannot pay (“CANOPS”), but they’re still in operation. We may also seek a pre-judgment attachment on certain assets, without notice to the debtor. We called this “creditor financing.”

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Nexa Collect

JANUARY 19, 2022

If the debtor is not traceable or unresponsive, a collection agency can file a lawsuit and if you do not respond in the court on time, it can result in a default judgment against you. Repercussions can include wage garnishment, frozen bank account and other assets. Not every case lands in court.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 29, 2023

When a debtor files for bankruptcy, a creditor may be able to seek dismissal of the bankruptcy if the petition was filed in bad faith. This article will provide an overview of the options available to a creditor if a debtor with primarily consumer debts files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. What is a Bad Faith Filing in Bankruptcy?

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Nexa Collect

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Debtors are less likely to pay when they feel threatened. Their debt collectors must be located in multiple time zones in order to work with debtors nationwide. Quality of your own debt: If you primarily serve a lower income group, or if your state debt laws are favorable for debtors, then the recovery rate will be lower.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This article seeks to explore whether sending an email to a debtor after 9pm and before 8am violates the FCCPA. 17) prohibits contacting a debtor between the hours of 9pm and 8am. In collecting consumer debts, no person shall: (17) Communicate with the debtor between the hours of 9 p.m. Section 559.72(17), Section 559.72(17)

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Jimerson Firm

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The first consideration that lenders (banks and credit unions alike) often face is when, and if, to conclude that the account owner does not intend to, or is not able to, clear the negative balance or loan deficiency. Charging Off” Uncollectable Debt. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 8:14-CV-3214-T-35MAP, 2015 WL 12938920, at *1 (M.D.

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Nexa Collect

MARCH 12, 2021

The CFPB has the authority to stretch its long arm as far as the most remote corner of the United States and its territories in order to supervise and audit local banks, credit unions, payday lenders, debt collection agencies, and more. The first thing to keep in mind is that the FDCPA applies there just like anywhere else. 981p (12)).

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 27, 2023

When a debtor files for bankruptcy, a creditor may be able to seek dismissal of the bankruptcy if the petition was filed in bad faith. This article will provide an overview of the options available to a creditor if a debtor with primarily business debts files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. What is a Bad Faith Filing in Bankruptcy?

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Collections Law

JULY 6, 2021

Cohen LLC, you will find that the process of domesticating and enforcing foreign judgments against your debtors is a much more straightforward process than one would typically expect. While many of these methods require giving notice to your debtor, there are instances where we can implement these without notice, or ex parte.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Debt collection attorneys can levy on bank accounts and brokerage accounts, garnish wages, restrain monies, and much more. Even if you are not ready to force a sale of the judgment debtors property, you can lien the property and wait. A New York judgment acts as a lien on real property for 10 years.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You have knowledge of the debtor’s financial institution and so your attorney issues an information subpoena with a restraining notice to the financial institution to see if any funds are being held. The bank will then forward a response to your attorney detailing what has been restrained and what is being held.

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Nexa Collect

JANUARY 14, 2023

This means all collection agencies must secure consumer data nearly the same way as banks. As of Nov 2021, The new debt validation notice format recommended by CFPB makes it easier for debtors to dispute the authenticity of debt. Debtors who would have usually paid quickly are now disputing the collection notices more than ever.

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 26, 2023

When a judgment creditor in Florida attempts to collect on a judgment involving an individual, one mechanism for doing so is through a garnishment action of the judgment debtor’s bank account. Not all Bank Accounts Are Created Equal However, not all bank accounts are subject to garnishment in Florida. Urvan, LLC.

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Nexa Collect

MAY 23, 2022

Should a borrower/debtor go for it or not? The borrower who pays in installments has effectively communicated to the debt collector that he does not have a bunch of money sitting in the bank. A debt collection agency will almost always allow you to make payments in installments. Benefits of Paying in Full (in one lump sum payment).

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Sawin & Shea

AUGUST 17, 2022

In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy , the debtor agrees to a payment plan instead of having their property taken to pay creditors. However, in a no asset bankruptcy for Chapter 7, the debtor does not turn over any property or other assets. Ways Debtors Try to Hide Their Assets in Bankruptcy. Penalties for Hiding Assets in Bankruptcy.

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Troutman Sanders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On December 1, the Connecticut Department of Banking issued a cease and desist order to the Law Offices of David M. That the Department of Banking had received a copy of the collection agreement, which described terms and conditions with relation to the accounts placed with the law firm.

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Burr Forman

OCTOBER 20, 2021

An article titled “Avoiding Fraudulent Transfer Claims from Loan Workouts” written by Partner Hanna Lahr and Associate James Roberts was published in the Risk and Compliance section of the ABA Banking Journal.

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UK debt collections

JULY 18, 2022

A CCJ ratifies a debt and makes it official that the debtor owes money and it must be repaid. Once a County Court Judgment has been issued, the debtor needs to pay the CCJ within 30 days or it will be entered on their credit file. If the debtor fails to make payment then CCJ enforcement action can be taken.

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Collections Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We act quickly to freeze assets so they will be available to pay a judgment There are many scenarios that could explain a debtor refusing to make good on a bad check. Luckily, they don’t all involve the debtor having no money or going into bankruptcy. For example, when we sue, we may seek an ex parte bank attachment.

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Collections Law

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Aggressive and Relentless Collection Tactics Legal tactics that can result in payment can include: Bank attachments. A trustee attachment is a legal tactic allowing a creditor to freeze monies in non-exempt bank accounts. As the name provides, this tactic gives the creditor a security interest in the debtor’s real estate.

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