Now, according to a December 31 Wall Street Journal article, always creative debt collectors are teaming with MasterCard on a credit card solicitation specifically designed to induce debtors to re-set to zero the statute of limitations
clock on an old debt.
In some states making a payment
on an
old debt or even agreeing to a repayment plan can reset the
clock on the statute of limitations, but it never gets reset
on your credit file.