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Accounts with delinquent payments stick around on your credit report for up to seven years. Exceptions are bankruptcies and unpaid tax liens, which can stay on your credit report for up to 10 and seven years, respectively. Timing Is Everything. The seven-year clock starts ticking on the date the balance due became delinquent.
Steve, the charge-off will remain on your credit report for seven years. The Fair Credit Reporting Act states that negative items will stay on your credit report for seven years from the first date of delinquency resulting in the charge-off. Typically, a debt is charged off once it is delinquent for 120 to 180 days.The original time frame for a loan -- such as five years, in the case of a car loan -- has no bearing on the length of time the delinquency will be reported in your credit file.ther actions can affect the clock in some states, so be sure you understand your state's law.To sum up, credit reporting laws pertain to how long an accurate negative item can be reported on a person's credit report, and statute of limitation laws apply to how long a debt can be legally collected using the courts.