Collection Coverage – Tampa

Burt and Associates is a Collection Agency that specializes in Commercial Collections with coverage for Florida.

  Tampa | Miami | Jacksonville | Orlando

How to get Started:

Contact us to speak with a New Account Information Representative.   We will discuss your overdue accounts in detail. After thorough debtor investigation, we will tell you which accounts show promise of collecting (there may be conditions, such as bankruptcy, which have voided the debt).  We will also suggest which accounts may be better handled in house.

Contact Burt & Associates

1. Toll free: 1-877-740-7839
2. Fill out our Contact Form on line
3. For a Free Quote, fill our Get Quote Form on line

With the improving economy, Burt and Associates may be able to help collect debts which were previously uncollectable.  Some debtors are in a better financial position than they have been in years – all the more reason for you to collect the money owed you.

Tampa FL Collection Laws

We hope that this information on Tampa Collection Agencies assists you. The following is a summary of the Florida Collection Laws. The information here may not be 100% accurate and should not to be construed as legal advise.

• Tampa Collection Laws Interest RateLegal: 10%
  Judgment: 10% or up to 18% if contractual
• Tampa Collection Laws Statute Of Limitations(Years)Open account: 4
  Written Contract: 5
  Domestic Judgment: 7 Renewable
  Foreign Judgment: 5 if not recorded instate
• Tampa Collection Laws Bad Check Laws(NSF) (Civil Penalty)After 30 day demand-treble amount in addition to amount owed, bank & court costs & reasonable attorney fees
• Tampa Collection Laws General Garnishment ExemptionsSee federal law except: 100% head of household.
  Liberal Homestead Exemption – 1st $1,000 of automobile

Debt Collection News

• From 28th to 2nd: New bill would make NC near best nationwide at protecting patients from medical debt collection - WBTV

  June 7, 2022
  1. From 28th to 2nd: New bill would make NC near best nationwide at protecting patients from medical debt collection  WBTV
  2. Consumer-protection bill focuses on medical debt. It drew pushback at committee hearing, despite bipartisan sponsorship  Winston-Salem Journal
  3. Nonprofit seeks to erase all medical debt in South Carolina  Live 5 News WCSC
  4. State Treasurer backs legislation that would give millions in NC free or discounted hospital care. It faces more review.  ncpolicywatch.com
  5. View Full Coverage on Google News

• North Carolina considers new laws to 'de-weaponize' medical debt and protect patients - NPR

  June 21, 2022
  North Carolina considers new laws to 'de-weaponize' medical debt and protect patients  NPR

• How medical debt has destroyed savings, upended lives - Los Angeles Times

  June 23, 2022
  How medical debt has destroyed savings, upended lives  Los Angeles Times

• The CFPB’s New Focus on Medical Debt Collection - JD Supra

  June 2, 2022
  The CFPB’s New Focus on Medical Debt Collection  JD Supra

• Some medical debt will soon disappear from consumer credit reports. What to know - CNBC

  June 9, 2022
  Some medical debt will soon disappear from consumer credit reports. What to know  CNBC