Today I received a bill from my local county clerk of courts telling me I owe $73.50 from filing fees, etc from a lawsuit I filed back in 1994. Yes 1994, the lawsuit ended in 1999 and do to settlement, I won more or less, the clerk of courts is going back thru old records to recover money not paid. I contacted the clerk and she said there is no statue of limitations on court fees, so therefor I owe them EVEN though they admit they never billed me. I fond this very nasty to do , she said there going back to 1980.. that's crazy!! She said if I don't pay it they will bill me 2 more times then they will turn it over to collections who will charge me 30% more. My question is , would it even show on my credit report since its so old or not? this is just crazy...
This is crazy...and annoying, but for $73.50 I would rather pay it and avoid the possibility of having any more problems down the road. That doesn't mean I think it's right that they're finally getting around to billing you now, but I would still pay it. You don't want some CA hounding you for years over 73 bucks. The debt is so old is shouldn't wind up on your credit reports, but CAs have been known to do some sneaky things though, so I wouldn't take the risk.
I agree with Josh here. This is really annoying but I would still just pay the $73.50 and be done with it. Dealing with a collection agency is much worst then paying the $73.50. Thanks! Heather with BoostMyScore.NET
Since they will turn it to collections and then say it just fell dilliquent it would ding my perfect 821 credit score, so I decided to do what s wright and pay it then let the opposition running against the clerk of court this year know what they have done by playing dirty pool and then writing him a nice check for his upcoming election run against the current clerk of courts!
You may also want to include with the check a nice letter to the local newspapers, tv and radio stations memorializing the clerk of the courts admitted dereliction of duties, and incompetence.
