A few months ago (maybe May 2009) I received a collections letter from an agency telling me that they were attempting to collect $162 in fees on behalf of EZ Passm for "violations". I have had a current EZ pass account for over 15 years and never received any notices nor has my account been suspended. After much pain and research I discovered the violations were from a series of tag misreads - not even my fault - back in 2001! I promptly sent a letter to the CA disputing the debt, and furthermore saying that the SOL in NYS is 6 years for this kind of debt and I had no intention of paying. Well, yesterday, I received an error going through EZ pass, logged into my account and I see I have "Violations" totalling $162 - from 2001! Is this legal? I mean, they are the OC, but passed the debt to collections over 8 years ago. Did they restart the SOL by attempting to collect this now from me? Any advice is appreciated!
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Hi jcmaedl
Did they restart the SOL by attempting to collect this now from me?
An SOL will be restarted only when you make a certain payment on a debt that has been long standing.
I received an error going through EZ pass, logged into my account and I see I have "Violations" totalling $162 - from 2001!
Was this violation not reflected earlier?