Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Texas
confused about debts turned over for collection!
I need to know if a debt has been turned over to a collection agencey, and then you found out it had been turned over, do you have to pay the collection agencie
or can you pay the one you owe. and if you can pay the one you owe can they refuse your payment!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: confused about debts turned over for collection!
When a creditor turns an account over to a collection agency, the creditor expects the agency to handle the matter. You pay the agency, rather than the original creditor.
Sometimes the creditor will sell the debt to an agency, where the agency is now the proper creditor. Again, you pay the agency.
If you pay the original creditor after the debt is in the hands of an agent, the creditor can refuse payment. Or worse, accept payment and not know how to credit the payment, leaving the agency still on your back.
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