collections
When someone’s debt is taken to collections, it means the original collector of the payments has handed over the responsibility of managing the unpaid balance to a debt collection agency. This is far from the only change though, as having an account in collections is designated on your credit reports as a delinquency and derogatory mark, which means even after you pay off the balance due, this designation will remain on your credit reports for up to seven years.
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