But if you haven't pulled your report recently and can afford to hold off for a bit, you might get a happy surprise: credit bureaus are changing how they take tax lien and
civil judgment data into account.
More changes were added in 2017 when Equifax, Experian and TransUnion removed
all civil judgment data and many tax lien records from credit files.
In its 4.0 version of VantageScore, the company is reacting to the absence of tax lien and
civil judgment data by adding «trended data» it gets from all three credit bureaus, as well as adding machine learning technology.
Last July, credit reporting companies removed nearly 100 percent of
civil judgment data and about 50 percent of tax lien data from credit reports.
Not exact matches
With the change, they'll begin omitting specific types of
data from credit reports, such as tax liens and
civil judgments, if they don't include personal information, like your name, your Social Security number, address, or date of birth.
Come July, TransUnion, Experian and Equifax will no longer include information about tax liens and
civil judgments on a consumer's record if the
data doesn't include the person's name, address, Social Security number and date of birth.
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have jointly made a decision to remove most tax liens and
civil judgments from consumer credit files effective July 1, 2017, according to the Consumer
Data Industry Association.
We use third - party
data sources to check the owner / principal of each business for bankruptcy filings, liens, and significant state - level
civil legal
judgments, in the state in which the owner / principal of the company is located, occurring within 12 months prior to the service professionalâ $ ™ s application for membership in the HomeAdvisor network.
6 percent of FICO scores to change under new credit rules — The credit bureaus will remove all
civil judgment and most tax lien
data from credit files starting July 1... (See FICO)
The change is part of a series of steps taken by the credit bureaus, which last July eliminated
civil judgment records — notes that a consumer owes a debt to a court as a result of a lawsuit — from credit reports, as well as half the tax lien
data they had.
Known as «Litigation Tracker», the site draws on
data from English
civil court
judgments in 2015 and 2016 — some 6,000 cases — and then slices and dices the information to show which firms are most active for different types of litigation.
With the change, they'll begin omitting specific types of
data from credit reports, such as tax liens and
civil judgments, if they don't include personal information, like your name, your Social Security number, address, or date of birth.