debt collection protocol involving the sheriff!
Date: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 09:45
Hi, I have a question regarding the protocol for debt collection. Yesterday a sheriff came to my door, looking for someone by a name that I had never heard before. I told the sheriff that no one by that name lived at the residence, and that I had only been renting the house since last October. When I asked what the trouble was about, the sheriff replied that it was a matter of debt collection. The man he was looking for owed some money to a credit card company, and he had come to inform this man to take care of the matter ASAP to avoid legal action.
This struck me as somewhat odd. Is it standard procedure for a sheriff to make house calls regarding personal debt???
I feel uneasy with the situation, as I am a woman living alone at the end of a very long dirt road in the country. I automatically began to worry that there was another reason, aside from debt collection, for the sheriff's house call.
I would sleep better at night if anyone was able to tell me that this is, indeed, a normal practice, and that the previous tenant was not necessarily being sought by the sheriff for more alarming or criminal charges.
Thank you very much for any feedback!
This struck me as somewhat odd. Is it standard procedure for a sheriff to make house calls regarding personal debt???
I feel uneasy with the situation, as I am a woman living alone at the end of a very long dirt road in the country. I automatically began to worry that there was another reason, aside from debt collection, for the sheriff's house call.
I would sleep better at night if anyone was able to tell me that this is, indeed, a normal practice, and that the previous tenant was not necessarily being sought by the sheriff for more alarming or criminal charges.
Thank you very much for any feedback!
That is definitely not normal! The sheriff does not goto someon
That is definitely not normal! The sheriff does not goto someones house to tell them to pay a debt! They show up to serve summons in some cases. Was this sheriff in full uniform? Did you get his name? I would call the police and ask about the visit.
i agree fully golden.this seems odd at best.call your local poli
i agree fully golden.this seems odd at best.call your local police and inform them of this.doesn't pass my smell test.just doesn't seem right.
