Can a company take you to court for a bill they already sent to a collection agency?

Or can the collection company take you to court?

(If the bill has been disputed)

I think both can take you to court once the dispute has been resolved.

Just because you dispute it doesn't mean that the dispute has validity -- they have to research it and then it is still a legal bill.

no they have to take you to court before it enters in collection.

Yes

the collection agency takes you to court.
this happened to me, with a bill i disputed. one day alot of money was missing from my account. they got a court order & took it out, with out me knowing about it.

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