Q: Filed Chapter 13 in Feb 2017. Dismissed in May 2017. Never went through the whole process. Can this be removed early?
Filed chapter 13 for my house. Another bank gave me a loan to pay what was behind on my house so I ended the bankruptcy without finishing the process or really starting it for that matter. Can I get this removed off my credit report? Filed in NC.
A: No. The fact that you filed a Chapter 13 and it was dismissed is a public record. This is an accurate credit report and you cannot get that deleted. Fortunately, the fact you filed bankruptcy will have less effect upon your credit score as the years pass by, and your positive credit history will eventually have greater weight than the older negative history.
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I agree with Lynn Ellen Coleman.
The credit bureaus, especially under more recent rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, strive for accuracy in their reporting about facts and events specific to each person upon whom they report. Even so, it's sometimes a challenge to get them to remove even provably erroneous entries.
Creditors who actually read the entries on your credit reports will get that your bankruptcy case was dismissed, and no Discharge of debt has been entered; in other words, the astute creditors who check your credit will weigh your bankruptcy filing differently, and less punitively.
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