Shelby County Clerk Forwarding over $3 Million in Unpaid Court Fees to Eagle Accounts for Collection

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr. 2, 2012 - Eagle Accounts Group (EAGL) today announced that it was selected by the Shelby County Clerk to collect unpaid court fines and fees totaling over $3 million. EAGL has begun mailing letters to the debtors involved for the first round of accounts, which totals about $700,000.

EAGL has collection relationships with 60 counties throughout Indiana. Eagle Accounts Group President and CEO, Chet Klene, stated the EAGL is excited to begin this new relationship with the Shelby County Clerk. EAGL has current collection ties with Shelby County in collecting annual child support docket fees and traffic tickets. EAGL's proven strength and experience in managing and collecting governmental debt continues to grow in 2012. EAGL collects several types of governmental debt including traffic tickets, annual child support docket fees, probation fees, and personal property tax judgments.

Klene added that EAGL is able to provide resources to seek collection of past due debt that many state, county and municipal governmental agencies do not have. Successful collections add money back into the government’s budget for much needed projects. EAGL's collection agreement with the County provides that EAGL will process collections at no cost to Shelby County; fees are collected from the delinquent taxpayers.

Klene stated that these Shelby County court fines and fees will be collected from EAGL’s Bloomington Indiana office.  EAGL opened the Bloomington location in 2011.  Eagle Accounts is committed to providing superb service to Shelby County in order to recoup the moneys owed to the county.

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Indianapolis‐based Eagle Accounts Group is a professional, comprehensive consumer and governmental collection agency with clients throughout Indiana. EAGL’s governmental collections portfolio has been growing steadily for the past three years as more than half of Indiana’s counties have entrusted their delinquent accounts to EAGL for debt collection. EAGL has extensive experience collecting delinquent traffic tickets, property taxes, and court docket fees for Indiana county governmental agencies.

EAGL staff members are highly trained, are respectful of clients and customers, and perform their job with integrity while strictly adhering to the guidelines provided by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (amended Nov. 2006) and Indiana collection laws and practices. EAGL may be contacted at www.eagleaccounts.com.