Listing of self-help materials and informational publications.
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Your Rights
Dealing with Debt Collectors - Video
Short video explaining valuable information about how to deal with aggressive debt collectors.
By: Federal Trade Commission
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Spanish / Español
Debtors' Rights: Dealing with Collection Agencies This publication helps you understand debt collection practices and your rights when dealing with debt collectors. Includes form letters you can use to mail to debt collectors requesting that they stop contacting you.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Chinese / 中文
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Laotian / ພາສາລາວ
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Russian / Pусский
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Somali / Soomaali
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Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
How to Answer a Lawsuit for Debt Collection
0205EN - This packet helps you represent yourself when you have been served with a lawsuit for debt collection. It should be used with our publication "Debtors' Rights in a Lawsuit".
By: Northwest Justice Project
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PDF File
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Spanish / Español
How to Claim Personal Property Exemptions
Information and sample forms to be used when claiming that some of your property is exempt (protected) from being taken to pay a debt.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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How to Present a Charity Care Defense to a Lawsuit for Hospital Debt Collection
This packet is intended to help you when you are being sued for hospital-based medical services which you would not owe if the hospital had correctly determined your eligibility for Charity Care.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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PDF File
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Spanish / Español
What to do If Your Check Bounces
Provides options on what you can do if you receive an insufficient funds notice from your bank.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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PDF File
Borrower Beware: The High Cost of Small Loans, Pawn Brokers and Rent-to-Own Stores
(Separate Website)
Sometimes you may need to borrow a few hundred dollars because of an unexpected medical bill, broken appliance, or to buy a used car to obtain keep ajob. While the amount of cash you may need is small, the amount of interest you will repay may be large.
By: National Consumer Law Center
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Spanish / Español
Community Debt and Bankruptcy Issues
(Separate Website)
Community debts are those debts that both you and your spouse are responsible for. This fact sheet defines which types of debts are defined as community debts. (PDF file)
By: Legal Voice
Prioritizing Debt: Which Bills do I Pay First?
General information about which bills you should pay first when you are having trouble paying all of your debts.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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PDF File
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Laotian / ພາສາລາວ
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Russian / Pусский
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Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
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