This debt is in reference to a portion of rent that a former landlord says I owe when I provided the correct move-out notice and the landlord also breached my contract by entering apartment without notification ( expressly forbidden by the lease agreement ) on multiple occasions, thereby violating my privacy. 

I am contesting the actions of the collection agency, Louisiana Bureau of Credit Control located at XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX LA XXXX lbccinc.com XXXXThe collection company informed the XXXX credit agencies - XXXX, XXXX, & XXXX - on XXXX XXXX of a delinquent debt. However, I was not sent a letter until XXXX XXXX. On XXXX XXXX, 2015 I sent a certified letter ( USPS XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ) disputing the debt. 

The collection agency is required by law to notify the XXXX credit bureaus of this dispute. They did not. I visited their office on XX/XX/XXXX and was informed by the manager that they passed the dispute on the credit agencies. On XX/XX/2015 I called all XXXX credit bureaus and none of them have any data indicating that Louisiana Bureau of Credit Collections ever notified them of my dispute. 

This violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act on the grounds that 1 ) they did not validate the debt and filed it with the XXXX credit agencies XXXX months before sending me a collections letter, and 2 ) they did not forward my dispute on the credit agencies as required by law.