So Sue Them: What We've Learned About the Debt Collection Lawsuit Machine

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<p>‘Millio s of America s live with the possibility that, at a y mome t, their wages or the cash i their ba k acco ts co l be seize over a ol ebt. It’s a easily ig ore part of America’s fi a cial system, i part e to a commo attit e that people who o ’t pay their ebts eserve what’s comi g to them.</p>
<p>A co ple of years ago, we set o t to fi o t more abo t the growi g se of the co rts to collect co s mer ebts. How ma y laws its are file ? Who is fili g them? Who is getti g s e ?</p>
<p>The s its are file i state a local co rts, a ma y states rely o a tiq ate systems or o ly keep ata at the co ty level. We ltimately collecte what etails we co l from a variety of states a large, rba co ties. The , we wrote a series of stories shari g what we fo :’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/eco omy/so-s e-them-what-weve-lear e -abo t- ebt-collectio -laws it-machi e" target="_bla k">Rea more: So S e Them: What We’ve Lear e Abo t the Debt Collectio Laws it Machi e</a></p>