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.
In their collection attempts, debt collectors are allowed to report your debt to the credit bureaus to include in your credit report. 1  Anyone who checks your credit report will be able to see the collection account. Fortunately, the law limits the amount of time a negative account, like a debt collection, can be listed on your credit report. The credit bureau can only list past due balance on your credit report for seven years starting from the date of the delinquency. After that, the account should fall off your credit report, even if you haven't paid it. Other collection activity can continue even after a debt has fallen off your credit report.