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Your credit report is actually a credit history. It is created by data about you from many different sources.
Companies that have granted you credit make regular reports about your accounts to the three main CRAs: Equifax,
Experian (formerly TRW), and Trans Union. If you are late in making payments, those to whom you owe money such as
utilities, hospitals, landlords and others may report this information to the CRA. Your bank may inform the CRA
if you overdraw your account or do not make credit card, auto loans, or mortgage payments on time. Your credit report
may also contain information about delinquent child support payments. The FCRA allows CRAs to report records of
convictions of crime. However, it is not the practice of any of the three main CRAs to report criminal convictions
on credit reports. Such information may, however, be reported in connection with an employer background check.
In addition, your credit report contains your name and any name variations, your address, and previous addresses,
telephone number, Social Security number, year and month of birth, and employment information. Information in your
report also includes matters of public record such as civil judgments, tax liens and bankruptcies. Because you have
the right to know who has inquired about your credit file or has requested your report over the last six months,
any copy of the report you receive must also include the identity of all such inquiries. Inquiries related to
pre-approved offers, as well as your own inquiries, are not available to credit grantors. However, they are
included in credit reports that you order for yourself.
Source: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
These questions and answers are provided for IowaMotors.com users' general information.
Although we make every effort to insure accuracy in the information provided, we cannot make
any guarantees as to this accuracy. We urge you to consult your lawyer, accountant or tax
advisor for specific legal or tax advice.
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