Legal Help/Advice Vancouver, WA
I am going to try and make this short, but need to include all the details. I live in Washington state, and was served an eviction notice in 2023 at an apartment complex for falling behind on rent. I was able to move out before the eviction date, so the case was dropped and I did not have to go to court. after I moved out, I returned the key, mail, key, and gym key, and asked the manager at the time, how they wanted to go about making a plan to pay back my amount owed, and I was told that I didn’t have to worry about it since I moved out before the eviction date. the manager did not give me a form to fill out. my mailing address has never changed, and it’s the same address I filled the rental application out with, so it was my shock when I saw that I had a remark on my credit report that my rental amount went into collections. I was never contacted by the leasing office to arrange any payment plans, and I also sent an email to the leasing office and asked about a payment plan, but never had a response, and this was a week after I moved out. I need to know if it’s possible to get it out of collections? I contacted the leasing office and they told me I would need to work it out with the credit agency they sent it to. my issues is that it should have never been sent there to begin with, when I attempted twice to setup payment arrangements. The leasing office stated they had no forwarding address to send the notice too, but that’s not true because it was on my rental application and I never changed my address, they also had my phone number, and email address to contact me. can I file a complaint with the attorney generals office? I need this off if my credit, but I’m scared to reach out to the credit agency. The credit agency has not sent me any notice of it either, and it’s been in collections and posted to my account since 2025, and I only found out because I checked my credit. please help!