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Questioner

I have a file from 2006 with a summons from 2008. The collection agency gave me the policy number of the insurance company so that I can see which term and car it concerns. I also contacted them. The insurance company told me that they cannot look back at the file in question because it is outdated. I also asked them what I should do next. I was told that I could ask the collection agency to close the file. I contacted the collection agency again to submit this proposal. The only information I can get from the collection agency is a policy number without any additions for the file. The reason I cannot get information is because according to them the file is very old and they can no longer look back. Now I have also suggested why it is possible to reclaim the file but not to get further information? What are my rights now? How can I handle this file? Does the amount still have to be paid, of which I cannot get further information?

Lawyer

You write that you were summoned in 2008. I suspect that a judgment had already been passed and that you had been ordered to pay a sum of money. At the time of the summons procedure, you could have responded and contested the claim. Now that a judgment has been passed, that is no longer possible. You can therefore be forced to comply with the judgment, even if it is not clear to you what it is about. Only in exceptional cases could the case be reopened, but I do not read in your story that such a situation exists.

Questioner

As far as I know, the case has not been reopened. At that time, a sentence was indeed imposed.

Lawyer

It seems very likely that you have missed your chance to have a say in the procedure. The only thing left for you now is to comply with the judgment.