Saturday, August 16, 2008

Disputing Negative Information On Your Credit Report

By Ray Lam


If you obtained a copy of your current credit rating and you found some items that should not be there or notice errors, you are probably wondering how to go about with an online dispute credit report. There are a few different ways you can clean up your credit report and raise your credit score to the green area of the rating bar.

You have the right to dispute any inaccurate or incomplete information that is contained in your credit report. There is no charge for this. If an account is not being reported 100% accurately, by law the credit bureau must remove it from your report.

The credit bureau will forward your dispute to the lender. The lender then has thirty days to investigate the accuracy of the item and either accept or deny your dispute. If the lender fails to respond to the dispute within 30 days, the dispute is considered verified as accurate and the item will be removed from your credit report automatically in thirty days.

If you have been a victim of identity theft, you will need to get the authorities involved in helping you dispute your credit record. Begin by reporting any information about the theft occurrence to your local police department. They will begin an investigation of your case and will direct you to other agencies that can help you as well.

It is important to clean up your credit report as soon as you possibly can. Failure to do so will result in being denied for any type of credit whether it is credit cards, loans, apartment or house rental or even a job opportunity. Using a free dispute credit report letter will allow you to correct errors and fraudulent entries that were not a result of your actions.

If it turns out that your bad credit is the result of a mistake, going to the credit bureau is usually all you need to do for credit repair. Keep in mind when requesting your credit report that many credit bureaus will make the process seem more difficult than it is, as in terms of man hours it is not in their interests to be responding to many credit report requests.

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