AGREEMENT TO COMPROMISE
DEBT
ABC Collections, Inc,
referred to as COLLECTION AGENCY and John Q. Consumer, referred to as CONSUMER,
agree to resolve the matter of the alleged debt, originally held by the
______________________ Company, hereafter referred to as the CLIENT. CONSUMER
hereby agrees to settle this alleged debt claimed by COLLECTION AGENCY on the
following terms and conditions:
The COLLECTION AGENCY
certifies that it is legally authorized to act in behalf of its CLIENT and that
any agreement that the COLLECTION AGENCY makes on behalf of CLIENT is legally
binding on the CLIENT.
The COLLECTION AGENCY
and the CONSUMER agree that alleged debt is $_____________.00 (_____________
& 00/100 dollars). While the CONSUMER feels that validity of the debt has not
been proved by the COLLECTION AGENCY, the parties agree that the COLLECTION
AGENCY shall accept the sum of $_________.00 (___________ & no/100 dollars)
as full payment on the debt. The acceptance of the payment will serve as a
complete discharge of all monies due, and the COLLECTION AGENCY agrees to
consider the debt paid in full and agrees to not take further action to collect
on the alleged debt. The payment shall be made in the form of a cashier's check
or money order.
Upon payment of the
$_______.00, the COLLECTION AGENCY agrees to remove any listing or information
that the COLLECTION AGENCY may have placed on the CONSUMER'S credit report. The
COLLECTION AGENCY agrees to never at any time in the future place any
information on the CONSUMER'S credit report.
The CONSUMER feels that
the negative information on CONSUMER's credit report is damaging and while the
exact estimation of the damage is not currently known, the CONSUMER estimates
it to be $10,000 (ten thousand dollars and zero cents. Should the COLLECTION
AGENCY fail to remove the listing or reinsert it at a later date, the
COLLECTION AGENCY agrees to award liquidated damages of $10,000 to CONSUMER.
This compromise is
expressly conditioned upon the payment being received by . If the CONSUMER
fails to pay the compromised amount by <date>, this contract will be
immediately terminated.
The person signing this
agreement, __________________________________, hereby declares that he/she is
authorized to act as an agent of the COLLECTION AGENCY.
This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors, and
assignees.
Dated:
Signature: ____________
Legal Representitive of ABC Collections, Inc.
Signature: ____________
John Q. Consumer