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Q: Can the horry county sheriff seize, and sell my primary residence trailer on leased land,to pay off a $8000 judgement?

This is a credit card debt, and my home in Pa is in foreclosure, this 2012 trailer is all we have to live in..

Andrew "Andy" Potter
Andrew "Andy" Potter
answered on May 6, 2015

If you have a consumer debt judgment, the Horry County Sheriff does nothing unless the judgment holder files a proper action with the court and the court orders the Sheriff to do something specific. It is a challenge to collect judgment debts in South Carolina as a judgment holder must file... View More

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Q: My wife is being sued for a charged off credit card by a debt collector. It appears that the suit was filed exactly 3

Years from date of last payment. If the SOA expires the same month as filing the suit, can they win? Is it also true that Social Security payments cannot be garnished. We are fixed income, and both on disability.

Rachel Lea Hunter
Rachel Lea Hunter
answered on Apr 3, 2013

I am licensed in NC not SC. For statute of limitations purposes, you look at the period between the date on which the complaint was filed and the date of the last payment. If your statute of limitations is 3 years, then see if its been 3 years or more. Even if the lawsuit was filed on the last... View More

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