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Credit repair is a legal way to improve a damaged credit history and raise your credit score. You can hire a professional firm to help you repair your credit, but it won't be able to do anything for you that you can't do for yourself.

In general, if you have a contractual debt in Oregon that you have not repaid, the creditor has six years to pursue you with legal action before the Oregon statute of limitations expires. This applies to medical, credit card, mortgage, and auto loan debt.

ORS 697.652 requires that you enter into a written agreement to provide debt management services, including credit repair, with the consumer before providing those services. The written agreement must: List the name and telephone number for you and the consumer.

Oregon has a law called the Unlawful Debt Collection Practices Act. It controls how a creditor may try to collect a debt, whether by letter or phone call. Unlawful debt collection practices include the use of obscene or abusive language.

Oregon Settlement Offer If you can't afford to pay your tax bill, the state may be willing to settle it for less than you owe. This is similar to the IRS's offer in compromise program. However, unlike the IRS, the OR DOR will only let you have one settlement offer in your lifetime -- the DOR is very strict about this.

In Oregon, the deadline is six years for a mortgage, medical or credit card debt, auto loans, and other contract debts. Unfortunately, state tax debt doesn't have a statute of limitation. Note that the statute of limitations doesn't start when you were last billed but starts with your last payment on your debt.