Collection Letter from the Attorney General

[nPHX]

I just got a collection letter from the State of Ohio, Office of Attorney General, Collections Enforcement. The letter says I owe a community college around $700. I attended the school around 1999 - 2000. Since then I have moved to Arizona.

 

The letter says that it is a FINAL NOTICE and if I fail to make arrangements they could initiate further action. Those actions described as wages and bank accounts could be attached, a sheriff’s sale of personal property or a foreclosure against any real estate.

 

I just have one concern, the state of limitations for written contracts in Ohio is 15 years, but in Arizona it's 6 years. So the debt is 7 - 8 years old, meaning if Arizona limitations apply, it is out of stats. But does the regular rule of limitations apply to funds owed to the government, if it does, does it apply to the state I live in now or the state the debt was originated in?

 

Thanks for any help!

[LynnInMN]

I just got a collection letter from the State of Ohio, Office of Attorney General, Collections Enforcement. The letter says I owe a community college around $700. I attended the school around 1999 - 2000. Since then I have moved to Arizona.

 

The letter says that it is a FINAL NOTICE and if I fail to make arrangements they could initiate further action. Those actions described as wages and bank accounts could be attached, a sheriff’s sale of personal property or a foreclosure against any real estate.

 

I just have one concern, the state of limitations for written contracts in Ohio is 15 years, but in Arizona it's 6 years. So the debt is 7 - 8 years old, meaning if Arizona limitations apply, it is out of stats. But does the regular rule of limitations apply to funds owed to the government, if it does, does it apply to the state I live in now or the state the debt was originated in?

 

It is a moot point...you attended a public school. Any debt to a public school is considered a public debt...basically owed to the state. There is NO SOL.

 

Thanks for any help!

Edited January 23, 2007 by LynnInMN

[Cynic]

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Edited January 23, 2007 by Cynic

[Cynic]

I just got a collection letter from the State of Ohio, Office of Attorney General, Collections Enforcement. The letter says I owe a community college around $700. I attended the school around 1999 - 2000. Since then I have moved to Arizona.

 

The letter says that it is a FINAL NOTICE and if I fail to make arrangements they could initiate further action. Those actions described as wages and bank accounts could be attached, a sheriff’s sale of personal property or a foreclosure against any real estate.

 

I just have one concern, the state of limitations for written contracts in Ohio is 15 years, but in Arizona it's 6 years. So the debt is 7 - 8 years old, meaning if Arizona limitations apply, it is out of stats. But does the regular rule of limitations apply to funds owed to the government, if it does, does it apply to the state I live in now or the state the debt was originated in?

 

It is a moot point...you attended a public school. Any debt to a public school is considered a public debt...basically owed to the state. There is NO SOL.

 

Thanks for any help!

 

Backing Lynn up. There is NO SOL on education-related debt. No regular laws can time-bar the collection of debt owed for study at any Title IV School.