What the Credit Bureaus Will Not Tell You About Your Credit Report

• Each item on your credit report must be proven or it cannot remain in the report. If the credit bureau cannot verify the item when investigated, it must be removed from your file whether or not it's true.
• Every negative entry on your report can be denied or challenged at any time. The bureau must reinvestigate and if that item cannot be verified within a "reasonable amount of time", it must be removed from the file.
• Items when challenged can be mistakenly erased. Consumers say they often experience computer operator mistakes.
• Many times the creditor does not re-verify in time or the credit bureau is busy and does not handle your dispute properly. It must then be deleted.
• Older credit item's, the more difficult re-verification is. It is possible it cannot be verified because records may no longer exist after 1 or 2 years.