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Subject:
UK Debt - can it be collected in the USA?
Category: Business and Money > Finance Asked by: wbar99-ga List Price: $10.00 |
Posted:
10 Dec 2005 23:22 PST
Expires: 09 Jan 2006 23:22 PST Question ID: 604293 |
I'm not able to pay a credit card debt I incurred in the UK, however I now live in the USA. Will the credit card company be able to come after me here? I offered to make payments but they are insisting on the entire amount in one payment. |
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Re: UK Debt - can it be collected in the USA?
From: mikomoro-ga on 11 Dec 2005 05:52 PST |
Probably not! As you are now outside British jurisdiction, your UK debts cannot be enforced against you, unless you have assets in this country that can be seized. |
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Re: UK Debt - can it be collected in the USA?
From: owain-ga on 11 Dec 2005 14:11 PST |
A UK debt can be enforced in the USA. Once judgement has been obtained in a British court, the normal procedure would be ask the local (USA) equivalent of a Sheriff Officer[1] to register the certificate of judgement with the local (USA) court. Once that has been done, the debt can be collected under local (USA) law. See also the comment: Assets which you have in ... any countries outside the EU, for example the USA, will also be part of your bankruptcy estate in the UK, although the trustee may encounter problems in selling them if he is not "recognised" in a foreign jurisdiction as having power to sell them. The trustee may require co-operation from you and, also, he may need to apply for a court order in the foreign country to deal with the asset. http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/freedomofinformation/technical/foreignissues.htm [1] This is the Scottish term. Owain |
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Re: UK Debt - can it be collected in the USA?
From: myoarin-ga on 11 Dec 2005 16:07 PST |
Wbar99, Are you sure you are still being contacted by the credit card company, or is a collection agency handling the matter now? Because of the significant legal costs involved in pursuing the matter in the States, they - whichever one - may not, but that depends on the amount outstanding, of course. Personally, I would be surprised if a credit card company insisted on a single payment, but I know nothing about UK credit card operations, nor about how collection agencies there operate - nor under what legal restrictions. In the States, these are clearly defined, as you can read by searching G-A on: collection agent OR agency Perhaps it is worth the trouble to post a question asking about this. Or perhaps someone will volunteer some information. Good luck, Myoarin |
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Re: UK Debt - can it be collected in the USA?
From: mikomoro-ga on 11 Dec 2005 21:27 PST |
Hmmmmmm. Well, your UK creditor would first have to find you. AND it would have to be convinced that you have assets that it could seize. More likely, it would sell your debt to a collection agency for a pittance and they would do their best but ... My guess is that you should be OK. So let's use this as a test case and you report back here on what happens! |
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