Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Washington

Credit Bills Non-payment

I have stopped paying my monthly

mininums on my credit cards 3 years

ago. Not working for the last three years.Have been running around ever since. Is it a crime not to pay when one is really on poverty level?


Asked on 5/31/07, 2:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Elizabeth Powell ELizabeth Powell PS Inc

Re: Credit Bills Non-payment

It is not a crime to not pay your bills and anybody who is telling you otherwise is incorrect.

There is a civil remedy available to a creditor who has not been paid. If a debtor cannot pay their bills, the remedy is a bankruptcy.

In any event, being broke is not a crime. At least not yet.

Elizabeth Powell

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Answered on 5/31/07, 2:32 pm


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