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swanstevens · Oct 31, 2007, 04:46 PM

Hello,
Today I received a court summons on behalf of a debt collector. This summons was handed to me without any official seal or a required signature from myself. This debt collector refused to negotiate with me when I had to settle some other accounts after a car accident put me severely behind. Everyone but them were very helpful. This one Portfolio Recovery Assoc. LLC refused to settle for anything less than their overly inflated balance including all of the fees that had been added. Because of this I just could not settle with them. So, now I have received this summons (legal?). I am not sure if this thing is even official. It is stamped instead of signed and there is not court address listed. The summons number is hand written and some of the stamps have bits that are hand written or filled in by hand. Is there any advice you could give me in dealing with this issue? Thank you for your time.:confused:
Amy

ScottGem · Oct 31, 2007, 05:32 PM

If there is no court listed then what does it say?

JudyKayTee · Nov 1, 2007, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by swanstevens

Hello,
Today I received a court summons on behalf of a debt collector. This summons was handed to me without any official seal or a required signature from myself. This debt collector refused to negotiate with me when I had to settle some other accounts after a car accident put me severely behind. Everyone but them were very helpful. This one Portfolio Recovery Assoc. LLC refused to settle for anything less than their overly inflated balance including all of the fees that had been added. Because of this I just could not settle with them. So, now I have received this summons (legal?). I am not sure if this thing is even official. It is stamped instead of signed and there is not court address listed. As a matter of fact the summons number is hand written and some of the stamps have bits that are hand written or filled in by hand. Is there any advice you could give me in dealing with this issue? Thank you for your time.:confused:
Amy

A Summons does not need an official seal or require your signature, at least in NYS - can't imagine it's any different anywhere else. A written in Index Number is not unusual -

I don't understand the stamps instead of signed part and no court address - where are you supposed to appear? What does it say? What does it request/require you to do? Is it a summons or a subpoena?