Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania
credit card -jail tme
I have 2 credit cards that have gone into collection since I lost my job last Dec. Can I be put in jail for this? The collection agencies I have talked to cannot give me a copy of my original debt and 2 of them are adding interset on top of what I alredy can't pay...
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Re: credit card -jail tme
You need an attorney to help you with this. If these debts did not occur out of or stem from a court order (for example, restitution, child support, alimony) then you cannot go to jail. If they are the result of a court order, and a court determines that there has been a wilful failure to pay on your part, then the court could order incarceration as a contempt sanction. You may have an action unless the creditor/collection agency depending on how they have addressed you and the matter.
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