Do I have to send bank records from 5 years ago as an answer to an interrogatory?
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Do I have to send bank records from 5 years ago as an answer to an interrogatory?
I am being sued by a creditor. They want bank staements from 2005. It will cost $30. No information on the statements are relevant to the case.
Asked on May 27, 2009 under Business Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
If you have an attorney representing you in this case, you should take his or her advice on how to respond to that interrogatory, what to supply and what not to supply. If you don't have an attorney, you should think about retaining one as soon as possible. You can find qualified lawyers in a number of places, including our website, http://attorneypages.com
There is a procedure for challenging this; exactly what that is varies from one state to the next, and I'm not a Massachusetts lawyer. The problem, of course, is that it can easily cost much more than $30 to fight out the issue -- and you might still have to come up with the records after all of that.
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