Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Indiana

Indiana Debt Collection Statute of Limitations

While attending college, my father was a professor and I qualified for tuition remission. All he needed to do is file one form every sememster. The college claims he failed to do that for two of the 5 semesters that I qualified, and are now trying to collect money from me (I claim the lost the form). They say I signed a document accepting my responsibility for tuition payments. This is not a student loan. It is an alleged unpaid tuition bill. While I have been refuting the legitimacy of the claim for a few years now, they continue to pursue the matter. I left the university in 2001, which means that there is no way the alleged debt could have been incurred any later than December 31, 2001. The way I read the statute of limitations in Indiana, it appears as though the statute of limitations has passed, and they are no longer able to collect from me. Is this true?


Asked on 1/15/08, 5:42 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Samuel Hasler Samuel Hasler

Re: Indiana Debt Collection Statute of Limitations

Not quite. First they would argue that the statute started when they made their last attempt to collect. And that would be if they use the statute for accounts. It is ten years for collecting on a written contract.

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Answered on 1/15/08, 8:31 pm


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