Time limits for reporting negative credit information are established in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC Section 1681c, Subsection 605(a)(b)(C). A copy of this statute can be read and printed from the website www.ftc.gov There are exclusions to this general time limit. They include: unpaid tax liens, federally guaranteed student loans and child support obligations. Subsection (b) also details exclusions in which the time frame is not applicable. The actual occurence of those exclusions is rare in the "real" world, but possible.
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