Does a debt validation expire?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 22:59
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Does debt validation expires according to the FDCPA?

I requested a debt validation and the company replied back by saying the following:

Dear Mrs. Blessed,

We received your requrest to validate the balance owed on acct number: 77770077.

This account was referred to a collecton agency on 05-14-05. Your opportunity to request validation of this debt under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act has expired. Please contact the following agency to make payment arrangements on this account.

Collection Agency
1112
C. IL

Sincerely,

R. Paul