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Jail Time Over Unpaid Debts

 Keep ignoring the bill collector's phone calls and you could end up behind bars.  Some people in Illinois are being jailed for neglecting to pay their debts.  Collection agencies are filing lawsuits to get their money but some people say they've never been notified of an order to appear in court.  Kevin Kelly with the Illinois Collector's Bar Association says it's possible that a debtor doesn't get notified, but that's hardly ever the case.  He says at least four notices go out when a person is found in contempt of court.  In fact, he says the debtor must be served in person before the warrant can be issued.  Kelly says he doesn't know how many people have been jailed for failing to show up in court, but he says it's not as extreme as Attorney General Lisa Madigan is making it out to be.

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