By sending your debt validation letter within 30 days, you’re asking for this additional documentation, and the agency must stop collection activity while it works to validate your debt.

Debt validation letters are formal written requests sent to a debt collector to verify the debt they claim you owe. Here’s how to get one and use it.

How to Write a Debt Collection Letter This guide includes information about how to write a debt collection letter and pursue outstanding invoices from nonpaying clients.

Understand the debt validation letter process to verify a debt. Protect your rights and your credit by learning what to include and when to send a verification request.

The debt collection legislation bills—S.B. 408 and H.B. 4900— referenced in Geraldine Buckles' opinion piece ("Debt collection bills will undermine civil litigation," Oct. 9) are aimed at ...

City officials sent hundreds of debt collection notices to incorrect addresses, a city spokesperson said in a Wednesday afternoon news release. The announcement comes a week after officials said ...

A debt validation letter is the document sent by a collection agency, showing that the debt exists and you are responsible. As a consumer, you might send a debt verification letter when a ...

By sending your debt validation letter within 30 days, you’re asking for this additional documentation, and the agency must stop collection activity while it works to validate your debt.