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    Feb 14, 2011, 08:37 AM
    Do a collection agency have the right to go directly into your bank account?
    Do a collection agency have the right to go directly into your bank accounts and withdrawal all the monies from that account?
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    Feb 14, 2011, 08:48 AM

    Yes they do... if they won a judgment against you in court and got awarded a writ of garnishment. But not until then. Unless you give them that right on a direct payment arrangement. (a bad idea).

    You didn't have a court date you forgot about or blew off, did you?
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