QUESTION
a small claims was filed against me in fl and i no longer live in fl
Asked on Sep 20th, 2017 on Collections - Florida
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now live out of state. what should i do. it is for a credit card debt they bought off the credit card company and they tried to serve me but i moved out of state before they did so. I did not move to avoid them, I had no idea they were doing it, i moved for work and later found i had the small claims filing against me.
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They can still serve you out of state for the lawsuit in Florida and your absence tolls the time for the statute of limitatons to run. You shoud hire a lawyer to address this issue directly.
Answered on Sep 22nd, 2017 at 5:55 AM
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