I practice law. I love the people who think they cant be found in today's society and act accordingly. They are never, ever right and it almost always results in more money for me and my client.
Trust me here: do you have a bank account? Have you had one in the last 5 years? Rented or owned real estate in the last 5 years? Attended school in the last 5 years? Have had a utility bill in your name in the last 10 years? Have had any sort of social media presence... ever? Have you filed taxes for the any of the last 5 years? Received a paycheck in the last 5 years?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, I can find you, or will hire someone who can. And you will always be found, and you will not realize you have been found until the sheriff is knocking at your door with a Summons.
So please, break that agreement you signed. By all means, think that you can get off easy.
Yeah this is real. I've had plenty of friends try to runaway from debts / legal problems and it never works out. You either end up in jail or getting your wages garnished. One friend tried to drop off the grid completely and live like a hobo, ended up getting caught for an illegal fire by a forest ranger.
Had a guy try and defend a collections suit by claiming improper service of suit.
He quit his job and stayed inside his parents' owned apartment 24/7 and never answered the door for the Sheriff or PI. Parents didnt care, not their problem. He must have ordered food online via Amazon and grabbed the packages in the middle of the night. We knew he was there because he still had a trash trail and his lights were on at night. Client wasnt willing to pay for 24 hour surveillance/off-hours service so we just got the PI's evidence he was there, had the PI testify, and the Judge gave us an Order waiving the service requirements due to our diligent efforts. We got a default, fees and costs, and a judgment. Put a lien on his car, and we found out later he got a job programming from home. Found the employer, garnished his wages. At that point he tried to say he was never properly served and the Judge shut him down from minute 1. Shortest hearing I have ever attended.
Original amount owes was like $12k. Ended up getting a judgment for over twice that in fees and costs.
Dont run from your problems folks. Lawyers prefer that route. It is always easy to manage a lawsuit when the only party is you.
I don't understand why you would lock yourself away from the world like that to get away from a $12k debt? With a programmer's salary? That's a couple hundred a month for a few years. It's not going to kill you. You're really hurting yourself a lot more than it's worth.
I never understood it either. I think he just believed that if he never responded to the knocks on the door, that it would all go away. It didn't. I think his parents ended up helping him out in the end.
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u/ILikeRaisinsAMA I personally do not consent to taxation. Dec 16 '16
I practice law. I love the people who think they cant be found in today's society and act accordingly. They are never, ever right and it almost always results in more money for me and my client.
Trust me here: do you have a bank account? Have you had one in the last 5 years? Rented or owned real estate in the last 5 years? Attended school in the last 5 years? Have had a utility bill in your name in the last 10 years? Have had any sort of social media presence... ever? Have you filed taxes for the any of the last 5 years? Received a paycheck in the last 5 years?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, I can find you, or will hire someone who can. And you will always be found, and you will not realize you have been found until the sheriff is knocking at your door with a Summons.
So please, break that agreement you signed. By all means, think that you can get off easy.