Although the other poster's link says exactly the same thing as this one does, Bankrate.com is much easier to understand.
While those two are good, I prefer this one, published by an attorney who has a lot of other good information on the SOL on the site: http://www.carreonandassociates.com/articles/statute.htm
Hi Flyingifr, This one does not accurately report Colorado's changed SOL from 3 years to 6years, but bankrate does. Susanna
So, sorry for the stupid question... but what does an SOL mean to me? Can it help get old things off of my credit report? Thanks!
Carrion has long been known for false and misleading information and not just on their statute of limitations listings. The problem with such listings is that the owners of the boards slap them up but do not keep up with the latest changes in legislation throughout the states so the information may have been accurate at the time it was posted but can and often does change as the various legislatures change state or federal laws from time to time. The boards do not keep up with all the latest changes and so their lists soon fall into giving out false and misleading information. The same may very well become true of Bankrate.com as well. Their list was only published about a year ago so give it more time and it too may become obsolete. That is why I constantly advise people to only rely on information found on actual government or court controlled websites and never believe what you find on any message board, blog, wiki or web site. Wherever you go on the internet you can always find someone wanting to drag you over to their board where you can get the latest in disinformation, wild-eyed theories about the law and most any other topic you can imagine. Now that is not to say that one should not go to other boards, but rather only to say that one should always use them as suggestions only and never rely on anything they say unless and until you have done your homework and checked it out for yourself by going to official sources of information. I myself often visit many other boards and just yesterday visited one which is well known and saw a post by a lady who is generally well respected for her opinions. She had made a post about a legal matter which was so far wrong that it was hilarious. Just goes to show you can't trust any of them and that probably goes double for me. The reason I say that is because I want people to learn to do their own homework as you have done in this case so they don't get led astray by what they find on the internet.
Most states have their statutes posted on the internet. Sometimes on a court web site and sometimes on legislature controlled web sites. That can usually be relied upon but the final source of reliability is always the law library. Go visit your nearest law library and spend the time it takes to become at least somewhat familiar with the library and it's organizational structure meaning where they store various kinds of law books. In larger cities there will usually be one or more law schools on university campuses and the public is always welcome. In smaller towns such as county seats you may have to go to the county courthouse which will always have some sort of law library. On the internet such web sites as Cornell university law library and many others have excellent material online. You should also become familiar with the Pacer system which is operated by the federal court system. You can look up cases on Pacer very easily and see who filed cases and what their outcome was Pacer is not free but it is very inexpensive. If you go to Westlaw or other privately owned research facilities you will need to expect some hefty charges for their information.
