Can debt collectors take your house from you?

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asked Sep 16, 2017 in Law & Legal by Lucia (130 points)
Can debt collectors take your house away from you for debt you owe them?

My mom owes some credit card debt and it was sent to a debt collector. The debt collector keeps calling her and yesterday threatened to take her house away from her if she didn't start making payments on the debt.

Can a debt collector take a house away from someone?

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answered Sep 16, 2017 by Shawn (99,990 points)
If the debt is big enough then the debt collector might be able to take your house from you but they would have to go to court and sue your mom for the debt and the judge would have to decide if the debt collector can seize the house.

Most likely the debt collector was just trying to scare you mom into paying the debt.

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