TransUnion Dispute
To dispute an item on your TransUnion credit report you must use the dispute process. This is done by creating and mailing a dispute letter or hiring a service to dispute items on your credit report on your behalf.
You should know that you must file a dispute separately with each credit bureau. Failure to do this and you may remove an item from your TransUnion report, however that item will still be shown on your Experian and Equifax reports.
In a dispute letter the disputed item must be identified and a reason as to why the item is wrong. For example; not my account, account paid, item is out of date, and etcetera.
Upon receipt of your letter TransUnion will conduct an investigation. They will contact the creditor and ask them to verify the account, the dates, and the balance.
If the lender is unable to verify the account then the item must be erased from your credit report. Often an investigation will result in the removal of a bad credit item.
If an item is verified then if you have a service they can use advanced dispute techniques to remove it from your report. The techniques include; debt validation, escalated dispute information requests, and creditor direct intervention.
Often people are concerned with the legality of credit repair. This is 100% legal, the Fair Credit Reporting Act which was passed by Congress made it your right to dispute any item on your credit report that you feel is inaccurate.
We suggest you save all copies of your communication with TransUnion. In addition we discourage you from disputing items online or over the phone. We have found this to be an ineffective method of disputing bad credit items.
Also there is a 100 word statement that you can put on your credit report next to a derogatory item. In the past this was a place where you could provide an explanation as to why the account became delinquent.
Today if you fill in this statement then you are only verifying the accuracy of the item. If you try and dispute that item in the future your disputes will be deemed frivolous and ignored.
In sum you can dispute and remove bad credit items on your credit report. You do not have to just live with bad credit. - 16931
You should know that you must file a dispute separately with each credit bureau. Failure to do this and you may remove an item from your TransUnion report, however that item will still be shown on your Experian and Equifax reports.
In a dispute letter the disputed item must be identified and a reason as to why the item is wrong. For example; not my account, account paid, item is out of date, and etcetera.
Upon receipt of your letter TransUnion will conduct an investigation. They will contact the creditor and ask them to verify the account, the dates, and the balance.
If the lender is unable to verify the account then the item must be erased from your credit report. Often an investigation will result in the removal of a bad credit item.
If an item is verified then if you have a service they can use advanced dispute techniques to remove it from your report. The techniques include; debt validation, escalated dispute information requests, and creditor direct intervention.
Often people are concerned with the legality of credit repair. This is 100% legal, the Fair Credit Reporting Act which was passed by Congress made it your right to dispute any item on your credit report that you feel is inaccurate.
We suggest you save all copies of your communication with TransUnion. In addition we discourage you from disputing items online or over the phone. We have found this to be an ineffective method of disputing bad credit items.
Also there is a 100 word statement that you can put on your credit report next to a derogatory item. In the past this was a place where you could provide an explanation as to why the account became delinquent.
Today if you fill in this statement then you are only verifying the accuracy of the item. If you try and dispute that item in the future your disputes will be deemed frivolous and ignored.
In sum you can dispute and remove bad credit items on your credit report. You do not have to just live with bad credit. - 16931
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