skip-tracing agency

skip-tracing agency
An agency which assists creditors in locating delinquent debtors, either indirectly by giving advice and mailing materials or directly by uncovering information concerning the whereabouts of the delinquent ones. Such a service or agency is to be distinguished from a collection agency in the respect that it does not directly attempt to collect the debt from the debtor. Rothschild v Federal Trade Com. (CA7) 200 F2d 39, cert den 345 US 941, 97 L Ed 1367, 73 S Ct 832; Wachsman v United States (Mun Ct App Dist Col) 175 A2d 789.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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