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Is this proof of debt and balance?


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So I got my DV reply back from portfolio recovery. They sent me nothing more then a paper from them containing --

Account Holder Name:xxxxx

Account holder Address:xxxxx

Date of loan:xxxxxx

Account holder's last 4 digits of SSN:xxxxx

PRA purchased this account:xxxxxx

The current outstanding balance:xxxxxxxxx

This also sent State of Virgina Affidavit of Owner and Sale of claim

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It looks to me like a Portfolio employee is swearing that they purchased this debt from the OC.

It also looks like she is not saying there are actual records anywhere to support their claim as to how they come up with the amounts they say you owe, the "which the account records are maintained in the ordinary course of business" could mean, they had them, but then they were purged, so this affadavit will have to do.....???

Anyway, this is not anything from the OC.

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PR’s position is undoubtedly that this document meets the requirements for validation under the law and will continue collection activity based on that (assuming your DV was timely and they stayed collection activity before supplying this.

The real issue is whether this proves to YOUR satisfaction that the debt is yours, the debt is valid, that PR now is the creditor and that the balance requested is accurate.

For me, it would not prove those points; whether it does for you is for you to decide and frankly, it depends on what you already know (and therefore don’t need to have proven to you).

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If was with in the 30 days the debt collector shall cease collection of the debt, or any disputed portion thereof, until the debt collector obtains verification of the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment, is mailed to the consumer by the debt collector.

Thats not a copy of what the OC sent them. bet they didnt even contact The OC.

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To answer the original question: It depends on what, exactly, you mean by "proof". If the question is "Does this reply constitute proper legal validation of the debt", then the answer depends on established case law from your judicial district/circuit. So, that will vary from location to location. There is no cut-and-dried answer. It also depends on how you wish to use this info.

If your question relates to your own satisfaction, then...what Robert Nashville said...

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I say no. that is not proof. you could type up a letter saying you say it's not your debt, have it notorized and send it back ;)

here is the text of the FDCPA that applies here..

(B) If the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period described in subsection (a) that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, or that the consumer requests the name and address of the original creditor, the debt collector shall cease collection of the debt, or any disputed portion thereof, until the debt collector obtains verification of the debt or any copy of a judgment, or the name and address of the original creditor, and a copy of such verification or judgment, or name and address of the original creditor, is mailed to the consumer by the debt collector.

OBTAINS verification of the debt. Obtain it from who? the OC more than likely.

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