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Highlights: Most negative information generally stays on credit reports for 7 years. Bankruptcy stays on your Equifax credit report for 7 to 10 years, depending on the bankruptcy type. Closed accounts paid as agreed stay on your Equifax credit report for up to 10 years.

File a dispute with the credit reporting agency. If you find an error ? or a negative entry that you don't believe should be on your credit history ? the simplest way to remove it is to file a dispute with whichever credit reporting agency is listing the entry on your report.

Ask for Goodwill Deletions If you have an otherwise blemish-free credit history, go ahead and ask the collection agency for a goodwill deletion. Removal after payment might be against their rules?but goodwill deletions might not be, and it never hurts to ask.

Write the collector a letter explaining your circumstances and why you would like the debt removed, such as if you're about to apply for a mortgage. There's no guarantee your request will be accepted, but there's no harm in asking. A record of on-time payments since the debt was paid will help your case.

Send a dispute The FCRA allows consumers to dispute credit report errors and fraud. So, if you check your credit report and discover a collection account that shouldn't be there, you can send a dispute to Equifax, TransUnion, or Experian and ask them to remove it.

NMSA 1978 §37-1-1 et seq. governs New Mexico's statute of limitations for the collection of open accounts, written contracts, and judgments entered by the Court. In New Mexico, the statute of limitations for open accounts is four years, while the statute of limitations for written contracts is six years.