Can a debt collector add interested and fees to the original amount owed on a credit card debt?

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Can a debt collector add interested and fees to the original amount owed on a credit card debt?

I have had a lawyer freeze my checking account 2x in the past year on a $3000 credit card debt. Once for $1200 and once for $450, yet my bill owed is still about $2400. Can they legally keep adding interest and legal fees as they call it?

Asked on November 19, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Connecticut

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

Under the laws of all states in this country, judgments accrue interest at the legal rate set by each state, typically 10% per annum on the unpaid principal.

If the judgment allowed attorneys fees against you, then your state may have a statute in which attorneys fees incurred in the levy process can be added on to the unpaid principal amount owed. I suggest that to try and stop the attorneys fee try and enter into a written agreement to pay a certain amount per month to the judgment creditor so that you can get the judgment paid down on terms that you can afford monthly.


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