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getting a bankruptcy off your credit record!?

I am trying to figure out how long it takes a bankruptsy to get off your record. I have read and heard it takes 7-10 years, but is there an actual time frame before it leaves your credit report? Or is there a way after 7 years goes by with no problems you can ask to have it removed??

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by the way, im talking about a chapter 7 bankruptsy which was filed in 3/2000 and discharged in July of 2000

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Bankruptcy can stay on your credit for a very long time and I have heard that it is a paint to get it off. if you call a professional bankruptcy lawyer they can answer those questions for you easily enough and its free. check out http://www.legalhelpers.com/

  • 6 years ago

    How do you get bankruptcy off your credit record.

  • Stacey
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    It depends when you filed (the year) and the type of bankruptsy.

  • 1 decade ago

    any debt not discharged can be updated and stay on your report forever.....as with any credit history, the current history will speak volumes, BK'S for medical debt's are normally understandable, debt dodgers get less consideration.....good luck

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  • 4 years ago

    pookyjo2 has the sole outstanding answer here. to respond to something of your question, the employer will straight away get rid of the record as quickly as the term is up, and it would not require any action on your area. interior the form they do shrink to rubble and this is nonetheless there, an basic dispute letter will get rid of it.

  • C J
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It is stuck on there for 10 years. You're almost there.

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