If we received a letter from a company that says we owe them for a mistake they made over 4 years ago, is there a statute of limitations on such situations?
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If we received a letter from a company that says we owe them for a mistake they made over 4 years ago, is there a statute of limitations on such situations?
Evidently this company purchased another company. Back 6 years ago the previous company called and told us they inadvertently paid a property tax bill for the wrong property. They state that they paid our property taxes and that we owe them that money back. We never heard from them again until a few weeks ago when we received a letter stating the same as they did 6 years ago. They have threatened to turn us over to a collection agency and/or take us to court. Is there a statute of limitations on such situations?
Asked on March 5, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Georgia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Good question. Under the laws of most states in this country, from what you have written, the statute of limitations for a common count claim such as you are writing about is four (4) years from the date of the mistaken payment. This is the law in California.
I suggest that you may want to speak with an attorney that does contract law to write a letter on your behalf to the company that is making a demand upon you for an alleged debt that is six (6) years or so old.
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