

This means it’ll be harder to get credit cards, loans or bank accounts because the default tells the creditor there’s a greater risk of you not paying. The wording of default notices was set in a 1983 law, before free debt help from charities like us was widely available.Ī default will appear on your credit file for six years, even if you pay off the debt in full.


A default notice has the following text at the top in large or bold letters:
