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Creditors Rights
Debt Collection: What You Should Know This brochure provides a summary of your rights when dealing with creditors and some guidelines for determining what debts should be given a priority in a financial crisis. Even when you do not have the money to pay your bills, you do not have to be subjected to collector pressure tactics.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
Illegal Debt Collection Conduct by Creditors
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
My Creditors Are Harassing Me: What Can I Do? This brochure includes sample letters you can use to write to your creditors and/or collection agencies to tell them to stop harassing you.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
Choices That Can Get You Into Trouble This brochure provides useful information on how to avoid problems with your debts.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
Credit - An FTC Consumer Law Web Site
(Separate Website)
This website contains over 100 documents that deal with credit issues, including credit scams, privacy issues, identity theft, electronic banking and credit cards. The web site also contains information for businesses. The documents may be viewed and printed from the screen or printed in PDF format.
By: Federal Trade Commission
My Creditor is Cancelling My Debt (I Got an IRS 1099C Cancellation of Debt Form) Use this brochure if you received a "1099-C: Cancellation of Debt" form in the mail, AND you want to know what you need to do.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
Debt Collection: Cease Contact Letters Packet with Instructions This brochure shows you how to use a Cease Contact Letter with creditors and collection agencies.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
Federal Tax Debts: Your Options This brochure is useful if you have a tax debt with the IRS.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
What to Do If You Have Joint Debts This brochure includes a sample letter you can use to let your creditor know that you do not want to be responsible for any further charges made by the other person on your account.
By: Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i - Honolulu
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