Can a creditor put a freeze on my bank account if it is based in another state?
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Can a creditor put a freeze on my bank account if it is based in another state?
Also, I was given a new car – paid off and all – can they steal it from me? This creditor is coming after me for $1700 and my car is worth $18,000 – everything else I have was a gift or hand me downs, as I do not have any money. I always thought that credit card debt is unsecured, so I do not understand how they could go after anything but my money?
Asked on December 24, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, New Jersey
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you owe the credit card company $1,700.00, I suggest that you try and reach a written agreement where you pay so much per month in order to resolve the debt so that you are not worrying about the creditor filing suit against you, getting a judgment and trying to collect upon it by leving upon your bank accounts and garnishing your wages.
In most states a judgment creditor cannot levy successfully upon one's personal car if the value is less than $10,000 or so. The creditor that you are writing about could get a judgment against you in one state and then obtain a sister state judgment in the state you reside upon and try and levy upon your assets to get the judgment satisfied.
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