The number you are porting must be active with your current service provider. The port-in process typically takes a few hours to complete, but could take as long as 2 business days or longer for landlines. If your TracFone service remains inactive over 30 days, you will lose your telephone number.
Collections & Your Credit. As far as Daveâs credit reports are concerned, these debts canât be reported forever. Collection accounts may be reported for seven years plus 180 day s from the original date of delinquency â the date he first fell behind with the original creditor.
Derogatory accounts show for 7-years from the date of first delinquency, so it's 7-months and 180 days. You may be confusing statute of limitations with credit records. How long a debt remains a debt will be covered under state (or federal) law. The credit report is just a collection of information. Even if a debt ages its way off your credit report, it may still be possible for the creditor to pursue collection.