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IC System Collection Account? Here's How to Dispute It
Seeing IC System on your credit report, or getting letters and calls from them, is stressful. You have real rights under federal and Texas law before you pay anything, starting with the right to ask them to prove the debt is yours and the amount is right.
Who Is IC System?
I.C. System, Inc. is one of the oldest collection agencies in the U.S., founded in 1938 and based in the St. Paul, Minnesota area. It's a third-party collector, not a debt buyer: it collects for the original creditor, most often healthcare and dental providers, utilities, telecom companies and government agencies.
Also known as: I.C. System, Inc., IC System Inc
What IC System usually collects
- Medical and dental bills
- Utility and phone bills
- Government accounts
What to ask IC System
IC System collects for someone else, so ask:
- who it's collecting for (the company that owns the debt now)
- how the amount was figured, with an itemized balance
- whether it has the surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State that third-party collectors need before collecting in Texas (Texas Finance Code § 392.101)
A certified letter creates a record of exactly what you asked, and when.
If this is a medical bill
Medical collections have their own credit-report rules. The three credit bureaus don't report paid medical collections or medical collections under $500, and an unpaid medical bill isn't reported until it's been in collections for a year. If insurance should have paid, ask for the itemized bill and compare it with your explanation of benefits.
Your rights, in short
- Ask them to validate it. Under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, if you dispute a debt in writing within 30 days of the collector's first notice to you, it has to stop collecting until it mails you verification of the debt. You can still dispute in writing after that; it just doesn't require the pause.
- A disputed debt has to be reported as disputed. A collector can't report information it knows is false, and if it reports a debt you've disputed, it has to say it's disputed.
- Texas adds its own rules. The Texas Debt Collection Act (Texas Finance Code ch. 392) bans misrepresenting the amount or character of a debt, and third-party collectors have to be bonded with the Texas Secretary of State.
- Don't ignore a lawsuit. A collection account on your report is different from being sued. If you've been served, there's a court deadline; talk to a consumer protection attorney right away.
Whether an account gets corrected or removed depends on the account and how IC System responds. No one can remove accurate, current, verifiable information.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most third-party collectors and debt buyers are legitimate businesses, but that doesn't mean any specific account they're reporting is accurate or that they can prove the right to collect it. Under the FDCPA, if you dispute in writing within 30 days of their first notice, they have to stop collecting until they send you verification of the debt.
Debt collectors and debt buyers can file a lawsuit to try to collect a debt. If you've already been served with a lawsuit, that's a different situation from a routine collection account and needs a licensed attorney's help right away — a missed court date can result in an automatic default judgment against you.
This page is for general educational purposes and is not legal advice. Dispute On Demand is a credit services organization as defined by the Credit Repair Organizations Act and the Texas Credit Services Organizations Act, currently serving Texas residents only. No specific outcome can be guaranteed — no credit repair organization can lawfully remove accurate, current, and verifiable information from a credit report. "IC System" is used here to identify the company for informational purposes; Dispute On Demand is not affiliated with IC System.