Debt Collection Activities, continued

The for Arizona business owners, four most effective and common types of debt collection activities are the demand letter, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. The value of these processes varies in every case, but the explanations of each one are explained below. This is the last in a series of articles from the Pak & Moring [...]

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Arbitration

This is a similar procedure to mediation, but the final outcome is completely binding upon both parties involved. In arbitration, the legal council of both parties selects and agrees upon a private judge, and each side presents their case to this arbitrator in an out-of-court proceeding. This third party participant then issues a binding decision [...]

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Litigation

The lengthiest and most involved option in collecting debt owed to you or your business would be to go to trial. This is the common process of moving a lawsuit though the count system in order to resolve the debt collection dispute. This is likely the first action many businesses think of, and consists of [...]

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Types of Collections Activities

The four most effective and common types of debt collection activities in Arizona are the demand letter, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. The value of these processes is all case-specific, but the particulars of each one are explained below. This is the fourth in a series of articles from the Pak & Moring law from about [...]

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Demand Letters

This as letter from Pak & Moring drafted on your behalf and sent to the debtor. It features a history of the transactions, evidence of all money owed, and demands payment of your account receivable. This approach has many advantages: it is the quickest and least expensive action that a law firm can take to [...]

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Mediation

A medication is out-of-court method of resolving the debt in question. All parties (the business and the debtor), as well as their legal council and a 3rd party mediator facilitate. In this process, a trained mediator (generally a lawyer with many years of contract law experience) will function as a liaison between the desires of [...]

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Affirmative Defenses

If a business is demanding debt repayment from a client, a common reaction of the debtor within the legal process is that of an affirmative defense, such as payment, or an argument that the work was sub-standard. This means that the defendant admits to the nonpayment of debt and provides a justification for that action. [...]

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Starting The Debt Collection Process

So you provided the goods or services, and not been paid. What next? In order to begin the procedure, the business to which money is owed must show each of the following Evidence of Debt – any and all paperwork to show that a service was performed the customer, but the payment for said goods [...]

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Contract Litigation – Collecting Debts

Many businesses in today’s market are finding themselves endlessly waiting for payment from their clients. This all-too-common scenario results when customers refuse to pay for work that has already been completed. For service providers who find themselves tangled up in collecting money owed to them, legal help is available. If a customer has an obligation [...]

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