My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Rhode Island
I have recently moved and received a call from my roommate stating that someone let a constable into our apartment building of 12 apartments and he left a visable notice on the door of her apartment addressed to me stating that he needed me to contact him about court papers that he needed to serve me. This notice was not folded and was visable to all of the neighbors to read that passed by the door.
What should I do? and should I just not call him seeing that I no longer live there. From what I figured out by a recent collection letter that I received he is trying to collect on a debt that is out of SOL, in Rhode Island it's 10 years. The last time I paid on the account was October of 2000.
If he does serve me, how do I represent myself in court against thier lawyers? I don't have any old credit reports showing that. All I have is the the phone number to call the actual original lender who can verify this. Also this account has been sold at least 2 times since it was charged off over the past 10 years.
What happens if I don't call the number on the notice that he left on her door?

