My boyfriend purchased a surround sound system in Virginia in 1997- which was later returned to the company. Now they are sending him notices stating that the origional amount (2,500) is now $7,500 worth of debt. I thought that each state had a cap on how long a party could collect against a debt- 10 YEARS later they are trying to collect on something that was returned to them stating they never recieved the items back- is this even legal??
2007-08-28 07:25:34 · 3 answers · asked by Faith 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The statue of limitations for claims such as this is seven years. It is best at this point to not have any contact with them by any method so they can not reset the time period.
2007-08-28 07:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so. I'm not an expert on VA law, but in most states, the statute runs after 4 years -- 6 at the absolute most. This company is probably just doing a last effort to collect in the hopes that you won't notice that it's been too late, and they've probably already written it off as well. Tell them to try and sue you (or your boyfriend) for it, it's unenforceable.
2007-08-28 07:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Hillary 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some states have 10 year sol on contracts -
2007-08-28 07:34:52 · answer #3 · answered by dhdaddy2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋