" consumer debts that did not arise from a contract or other agreement by the consumer to pay '' are no longer supposed to be derogatory marks on credit reports as of the new fair credit reporting laws. 

i joined XXXX last year and saw this mysterious mark on my credit that said XXXX '. i had loaned someone who lives in XXXX my car for a month to help them - but they had never told me my car got a ticket and i had moved so i assume i just never got it in the mail. i wrote the company and said i knew nothing about this fine and that i refused to agree that it was a true debt but that i would be willing to pay the full amount ( plus XXXX $ ) in full if they removed it from my credit report because i would rather not fight about it. they simply then sent me a bill in return - the first i had seen - and tried to up the amount of money they claim i owe without agreeing to remove the stain from my report so i did nothing. 

i just was sent an article recently claiming that credit companies now have to remove such bad marks as parking tickets since as in my case it was not a contract where i agreed to pay and did not.