<prompt> Human: What course of action should I take? Ive never owed money that I know of and have especially never been served papers before.According to the papers I issued a check in the amount of 36.00 made payable to GIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH on 3-15-15. A good while ago I was contacted by a police officer who said they had an individual with them who had some of my checks on their person, so I assume it was related to that. The officer wanted to meet with me, but logistically it never worked out and I forgot about it. I contacted the attorney for the plaintiff listed on the papers and they wanted all kinds of personal information from me: name, address, birthdate, SSN, a copy of my drivers license, a copy of my singature, and a police report. I gave her my name, address, and birthdate and told her that was all I was comfortable with giving her. I also told her about that policecheck story but told her I wasnt sure if there was ever an official record made. She got irate with me, started arguing about how I was unwilling to cooperate, and then hung up the phone.So then I called the local police department and asked if they had any records concerning me and checks, which they did and gave me a case number. I asked them if the debt collection company would be able to pull the records with the case number and they assured me they would.I called back the attorneydebt collector and told them I had a case number and then she started arguing with me again saying that was no good, I need to get the records mailed to me and then forward them to them. After that the conversation went pretty much like this:I have the case numberI cant do anything with thatI was told it would be sufficient for you to pull the information you needWell its not, you need to pull the records and then resend them to me, but give me the case number anywaysThey told me you couldAbout at that time she blew up again telling me how confrontational I was being and that this could all be settled in court. At that point I said Fine, waste our time in court and hung up.What recourse do I have here? I really dont want to go to court, and if I DO have to go to court can I sue them back for harassment andor punitive damages? The paper server woke me up around 7am this morning banging on my door, claimed he was a private investigator, and that he wasnt allowed to tell me anything other than what was in the papers, but then I go check this debt collection companys website and see his picture in the About US section. He had also harassed some other immediate family members who called me to tell me there was some legal person looking for me.Do I just go to court at this point?tl;dr: Debt collection company trying to sue me for about 500 dollars principal sum of 36.00, service charge of 20.00 per check, collection fee of 20.00 per check, damages in the amount of 108.00, and attorney fees in the amount of 250.00 because of 35 dollars in stolen checks that were used by the thief to buy some girl scout cookies. update:I went to the police station to get the report regarding my stolen checks. They said that there was a 10 fee and additionally they dont know when theyd be ready as it was related to a warrant they served against some jerk and the records they need to give to me need to be edited.I went to the court and they did have some sort of filing against me from these collectors. I filled out an answer to their complaint and left one with the court clerk. In the answer I denied not only that I owed the collectors money but that they should pay the fees Ill need to get the police report. It also seems silly that they can also waste all my time Im having to do all this stuff for something for which I have no culpability. I think I should receive redress for that as well, but Im not sure reddit agrees with me. So basically my plan is to go read up on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act before I send off the copy of my answer to the Plaintiff which Im suppose to do, just in case I want to amend it somehow.Assistant: I dont think youd really have a claim for harassment. Sending a process server to your house, suing you, and being irate on the phone isnt really harassment even though its for sure annoying.If you do go to court youre probably going to need to pull your case information anyway to present as evidence while in court. I know it sucks to give in, but honestly Id just pull the case info where I live you can do it for 1 online and give it to them so that you dont actually have to go to court which will take even more time and effort.Human: I see where youre coming from, but she also wanted my SSN, a copy of my drivers license, and a copy of my signature.Not only would I never give that information to basically anyone, it seems like theyre just trying to inconvenience me until it ends up in court anyways, or more likely, until I settle for some amount less than the 500 theyre suing me for.Assistant: You might get some good will from a judge if you say you went ahead and pulled the case file and sent it to them.Human: Thats a good point. I will probably do that, just file to receive the police report and then mail it to the debt collection place like they wanted. Im not going to give them any more information though and I refuse to talk to them on the phone anymore as it has just escalated every time to her yelling at me and threatening me with our future day in court.  <response>: Be sure to send a copy via certified mail with some type of signaturedelivery confirmation required. That way they cant claim you never sent it. A good rule of thumb is to send one copy normally, and another certified. 