They are called Countywide Investigations. They repoed my van. Then they are only open from 11-2 M-TH and you have to make an appt to get your belongings costing you $50.00. They don't tell you where your vehicle is until the day of your appt.
COUNTYWIDE INVESTIGATIONS AKA ACTION CAR
Posted in: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-636-928-8785
No web site found.
BBB gives them an A+ with 1 complaints: http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/c ... es-mo-110207157
There is no license listing for private investigators in Missouri under Countywide or Steve Ardman or David Lyman
Note that the registered agent for the below company registration is the same company contact listed on the BBB page.
Missouri Dept. pf State indicates that they forfeited their charter in 1988:
Name(s) COUNTYWIDE INVESTIGATIONS, INCORPORATED Address
Type Gen. Business - For Profit Charter No. 00297890
Domesticity Domestic
Registered Agent DAVID T. LYMAN
4106 OLD HIGHWAY 94 SOUTH
ST. CHARLES, MO 63303 Status Forfeited
Date Formed 1/20/1987
Duration Perpetual
Renewal Month June
Report Due 9/30/1987
Since they are operating illegally in the State of Missouri, you should call 911 immediately if they are currently at your property, call the police if the left a card and also report them here;
Missouri Board of Private Investigators: http://pr.mo.gov/boards/375-0195_2pages-pi-temp.pdf
Missouri AG: https://www.ago.mo.gov/app/consumercomplaint
Also, the BBB has them listed as a collection agency.
Federal law (FDCPA) requires them to send you a letter (US MAIL ONLY) within 5 days of their first contact that contains their name, physical address, the creditor’s name, and the amount of the alleged debt. It also must contains “mini-Miranda” telling you that it is an attempt to collect a debt and that all information will be used for those purposes. The one other important thing that this letter must also have in it is that you have a right to dispute the debt within 30 days of receipt of the letter and if you do so, all collection activity must be stopped until the debt is verified.
Read up on your rights here, get template letters to send and also make a complaint at this government site: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/