What to do after CA has answered a Validation letter?

Hey Julie! I don't know a lot about this situation but I wanted to respond and bump you up so maybe someone else can answer your questions!

Send them a letter stating that the last transaction date was in 1988 and the SOL has run out and you do not recognize this debt. Then just ignore them. If the SOL has run out they are SOL (other meaning)

Well,I was gonna say to tell them that is nowhere near validation until I seen your date(1988) :shock:.Send a full cease & desist letter stating even if there was a slight chance of it being yours,it is out of statute for court action or reporting.Inform them you do not wish to hear from them ever again!

Well said Bulldog

Is there a from letter that I could send to them? I don't want to screw up and have the SOL restart.

I think this should suffice.Just add the wording that the debt is sol to it.
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/letters/sample9.html

Thank you everyone for your replies.

This is what I changed in the above letter;

"This is to request you to CEASE and DESIST from your efforts of collecting debt payments on the above referred account. I do not recognize this debt. According to state laws, the statue of limitations has expired."

Good to go?

Make sure you send it certified return receipt and keep a copy. These place trade debts and this may resurface somewhere else.

Yes the SOL would have run long ago. Even if a student loan, from that date it would have fallen under that amnesty in the early 1990s.