Portfolio Recovery Group, LLC is a debt collector in New York. They have been sued numerous times for violations of the Fair Debt Collection...

I had a garnishment filed against me ten years ago and am just now getting garnished

A bankruptcy would stop the garnishment, and if the creditor took more than $600 in the 90 days before the filing, you might be able to get it...

I worked for a retail store and i forgot to pay for some merchdincse it was copies and some sodas and the lp found out they made

I would recommend you find an Attorney who works with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. It is illegal to threaten Criminal Prosecution. You...

I have now been sued twice in civil court over the same old credit card debt (from 2004/2005).

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits any abusive or harassing means to collect a debt. It does cover attorneys. If anyone tries to...

Statue of Limitation

If it is a Consumer Debt, and the collector is not the Original Creditor, then the Fair Debt Collection Act applies. Under the FDCPA, a debt...

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Once again the out-of-state lawyers miss the point. A few years ago, then-Attorney General Mike Hatch sued the big hospital chains because they...

If a person owes over 23,000 in debt, would their wages be garnished?And do they have to file bankrupcy?They make 14,000.00 a yr

Three tries and you're out. None of the above lawyers appears to have read the question. 1.)MINNESOTA law provides that a persons 75% of a...

I am about to settle a judgement that was bought from HSB by Sherman Aquisitions they are using a collection company to collect

I would recommend that you contact a lawyer in Florida who practices in the area of consumer Law and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act law. There...

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I live in minnesota and have a patday loans in wisconson thesaid they can put me in jail if i dont pay im on soical ser

If these threats are coming from a collection agency or attorney and not the original creditor, they are probably violations of the Fair Debt...

Can credit card companies and there debt collectors take over your checking account and or garnish your pension or wages?

Eric's Answer is the correct one in Minnesota. Minn. Statutes 571.71 Subd. 2 provides that a creditor can garnish your wages or bank account if...