Can someone please explain to me about this debt validation. What does a CA receive that authorizes them to collect a debt? Why do some CA report to CRA and some don't. I have a CA offering me 50% payoff but it might be past the SOL and would the debt validaton show this. It is possible they bought the receivable from another CA that still shows up on my credit report but not deragatory with a 0 balance? I wrote once to this agency and told them I diputed it and they offer a lower payoff of 30%.