Washington County calls itself the first county in Alabama, and its rentals stretch from Chatom to the Tombigbee River. ACB helps Washington County landlords and property managers recover unpaid rent and tenant debt when a former resident leaves owing money.
Washington County covers more than 1,000 square miles of southwest Alabama, with the county seat in Chatom, founded in 1904 at the crossing of Highways 56 and 17. The county's communities page introduces Millry, McIntosh, Leroy, Fruitdale, Deer Park, Wagarville and St. Stephens, and U.S. 43 runs along the eastern side of the county near the Tombigbee River. Rentals here are mostly single family homes, manufactured homes, small apartment buildings and rural houses. ACB works with independent landlords, property management companies, apartment communities, workforce housing owners and manufactured home communities across the county.
ACB helps recover unpaid rent, lease break balances the lease supports, damage beyond the security deposit, lease based utility and fee balances, and unpaid rental money judgments. In a county this spread out, a former resident can be hard to reach once the phone number changes, which is why a structured follow up process helps.
According to the county's Chatom community page, local industries include healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and construction, and the forests and swamps of the Tombigbee support timber work and a strong hunting tradition. Those jobs bring crews, contractors and new hires who often rent first. History draws people too: St. Stephens Historical Park is a 200 acre park with a walking trail through the old capital town site, a quarry lake, camping and a boat ramp to the Tombigbee River. Between project work, seasonal hunting leases and families moving toward Mobile for jobs, turnover is steady even in small towns.
A forgotten rental balance is like an old territorial road near St. Stephens: the path is still there, but it takes someone who knows the ground to follow it. ACB follows the FDCPA and applicable Alabama law on every account.
Alabama evictions are unlawful detainer actions under the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, commonly filed in the District Court of the county where the property is located. The Washington County Circuit Clerk's website lists the courthouse at 45 Court Street in Chatom, links to district judges and the court cost schedule, and notes that a public access computer is available in the clerk's office for searching court records. A landlord may seek possession and money damages in one action, but regaining the property and collecting a money judgment are separate jobs. Collecting is where ACB helps.
The Washington County Revenue Commissioner site explains that the office determines the value of taxable property in the county and offers GIS interactive maps, a useful property and assessment resource for owners. For filing, notice, jurisdiction or enforcement questions in a particular case, consult an Alabama attorney.
Keep the lease, ledger, move out statement with deposit accounting, photos and invoices, and a copy of any judgment in one place for each unit.
ACB uses skip tracing to help locate former residents and provides nationwide service, so a move to another state is not the end of the road. No agency can guarantee a location, but a last known employer or phone number improves the odds.
Yes. ACB handles ordinary residential rental balances, including those from manufactured homes and manufactured home communities. Send the lease, ledger and move out statement with the account.
Nothing in collection fees. ACB works on contingency, so there is no collection fee unless ACB collects. That makes it practical to place even one account.
ACB is a Florida based agency with more than 25 years of experience and nationwide service. Skip tracing can help locate former residents, ACB reports eligible accounts to the credit bureaus twice monthly, and contingency pricing means there is no collection fee unless ACB collects. No location, report or recovery is guaranteed.
Picture a hypothetical Leroy landlord who rents a house to a construction worker on a job near the river. When the project ends, the worker moves on with two months of rent unpaid and damaged flooring beyond the deposit. The landlord sends ACB the lease, ledger, photos and move out statement, and ACB begins locating and contacting the former resident while the landlord gets the house ready for the next family. It is like hiring a guide for a Tombigbee hunt: you still own the land, but someone experienced knows where to look. Work with ACB to place your Washington County accounts.
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