Who are the scary creditors

The threat of a lawsuit being filed is often what causes the first call to my office.  Some collector has said he will take 25% of your wages, or will serve a lawsuit, or even will send the account to collection, and the hearer panics.  Can I file bankruptcy today? the caller asks.

Remember high school civics, and the Bill of Rights’ promise of due process?   Due process, at its simplest form, means that you get legal notice and a right to contest the claim of any creditor before they take your property.  So, the only way the average unsecured creditor can take your wages or your assets is to file a lawsuit, serve it on you (notice) and provide an opportunity for you to resist the suit.  In short, you will see this kind of creditor coming after you long before they have a legal right to take anything from you.

The unsecured creditors who can take your money without suing you are your bank and the taxing authorities.  Your bank has a right of offset under state law:  it owes you the return of your money on deposit and you owe it on a credit card or other loan.  The bank may take the money in your account to satisfy your debt to it.

The IRS also has a right to levy on your account for unpaid taxes.  The Internal Revenue Code has requirements about giving you notice of your tax debt, but the IRS does not have to file a lawsuit to collect its money.

So, in my book, the bank and the IRS are the creditors that have real powers to snatch your money on short or no notice.  The collector for a credit card company wants you to think they have immediate and horrific tools to collect their bill, but it isn’t so.   It’s just so much easier for them to collect if they gloss over  your right to due process.

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