I currently have an old tax bill that is in collections to for a town in Connecticut. Apparently I missed the part at the DMV where you are told you must pay taxes on your car ever year. Seriously I don't understand why you would even be required to do that but that isn't the point. So I owe this and I plan on paying it. The debt is from 2004 and this means it cannot be listed on my credit report. My questions is when I pay this debt can the collection agency then put a TL on my report for this debt and list it as a paid collections? Would it be in my best interest that when I go o pay this debt that I demand in a polite way of course that I recieve a letter stating that this will not appear on my credit report? There is a lot of information here and it has helped me a lot but this is something that haven't read anything on. It could just be me being paranoid but I figure better safe than sorry right? 
As always any and all help if greatly appreciated.
One last thing so I just go around the CA and contact the city and pay them directly? I would that enable them to put something on my credit report. The CA is a small town local company and the people seemed to be genuinley nice which was shocking. So I don't forsee them denying my request.
After 7 years it cant be added to your report period. As for who to pay the CA might settle for a lesser amount but the OC will most likely require payment in full if they will pull it feom the CA.
