do not know how to respond to civil summons!
Date: Wed, 10/07/2009 - 11:28
I live In New Mexico and was recently served a summons on a 3 yr old debt. I know that i owe this debt and that im well within the states statute of limitations. With all of the paperwork was included a sheet to send my response to the summons. The line starts out " the amount of ..." and then has an area for me to fill in my response. But what do i need to say here? do i write that its a valid debt and needs to be paid, request for a payment plan? im lost here! i just don't want to put something incorrect and hurt myself in the long run. any help is greatly appreciated!!
thanks!
audra s.
Was this an actual summons from a civil court in your jurisdicti
Was this an actual summons from a civil court in your jurisdiction? Was it served by a process server or county sheriff? (someone legit to serve in other words) or by certified mail (legal service method in some places)
Where does it say to send the response? It should be to the court.
Whether or not it is an actual civil court summons is important to know. The name of the court should be at the top and you can call them and ask them. Some states have a court-search website you can use as well.
I have heard of bottomfeeder collection companies sending real-looking but fake "papers" to get an agreement to pay. Three years seems a bit long to wait around to take action on a debt.
If it is an actual court summons that is a whole different matter.
It depends on what you want to do. I would answer the summons wi
It depends on what you want to do. I would answer the summons with as follows,
In response to paragraph #1, the Defendant is without knowledge or information sufficient enough to affirm or deny this statement and so on. Make sure you respond on time. Then if you want to settle you can contact the attorney and make a settlement offer before it goes to trial. They want to settle and if you don't settle in advance, then they will offer to settle with you on the day of the trial, so you can clean up this debt for less. If it is a JDB then don't offer any more than 15 or 20 cents on the dollar.