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QUESTION: My wife said a sheriff's deputy came by to serve important documents and would not leave them with her. He said they were from Citibank. I have a number to call to make arrangements to get these papers. I live in Texas and would like to know what I need to do.
ANSWER: First of all, don't call the number. Secondly, go to the clerk of the court and ask to see your public record. They will show you that on a computer screen. Look for that judgment and then get copies of all the paperwork in the file. Then you can learn what you need to do by going to this web page.
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http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXMijLsjZEu-ZGZibmJtdl80NWdwcTlia2Rm&hl=en and study the links there. Lots of information and help there. All you will need to handle the problem in the best way possible.
The whole point of doing it that way is to get the jump on the lawyer with discovery and response. He won't be expecting it to happen and you will gain valuable time.
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QUESTION: Ok.. so he called and got the papers before I could tell him not too! So now what?
Now you should respond to the complaint as outlined in the links I gave you above. He will need a graduated denial, a demand for validation, a certificate of mailing and his demand for admissions. I've explained all of that in the links so I don't have to do it over and over and over again.
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Creditwrench
Expertise
Debt Collections law, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), federal law, how to properly answer court summons for collection cases, how to prepare federal cases against debt collectors, how to deal with debt collection phone calls.
Experience
I've been an active consumer advocate for more than 40 years and have helped hundreds of people win cases against debt collectors as well as helping them defeat demands for summary judgment lodged against them by banks, debt collectors and defeat mortgage foreclosures and keep their homes.
Education/Credentials
Paralegal courses for the most part.
I have been teaching people how to deal with judgments, mortgage foreclosures and other such problems both on and off the internet for many, many years. I am a Richard Cornforth information provider ever since 2000 and worked with many other organizations and causes since 1980. I was Oklahoma State Chairman for the nationwide drive to defeat the Constitutional Convention which was proposed by various factions within our federal government such as the Council of State Governments and the National Organization of State Governors who were working hard to organize a Constitutional Convention to be held in 1995 for the purpose of rewriting our American Constitution to be more acceptable to the United Nations. I worked with Senator Charles Duke of Colorado and Senator Don Rogers of California and many others across the nation to keep them from getting the number of delegate states required to lawfully hold a Con-Con and we were successful. I have worked with many other legislative issues in Oklahoma and have always been very successful.
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