How does the state of Missouri view a Credit Card account. Is it a open-ended account or is it a written contract? I have two accounts that are 8 1/2 yrs old and in Charge Off status.
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SOL on Credit Card debt in the state of Missouri
Simply reading the Missouri Revised statutes, it would appear that credit card contracts would fall under a ten year statute of limitations:
What action shall be commenced within ten years.
516.110. Within ten years:
(1) An action upon any writing, whether sealed or unsealed, for the payment of money or property;
www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C500-599/5160000110.HTM
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