<prompt> Human: So my father gave me a debt collection notice intended for me, but sent to him at his address. We have similar but not identical names and years ago I moved in with him for a time and shared his address. The alleged debt is from probably 8 or 9 years ago in a state with an 8 year state of limitations. Balance they claim is 1900 dollars.Standard attempt of debt collection notice but at the bottom an interesting clause: the law limits how long you can be sued in a debt and how long a debt can appear on your credit report. Due to the age of this debt we will not sue you for it or report payment or non payment of it to a credit bureau. Am I still advised to go thru the debt validation process and haggle process to get it paid off if they can verify it? Or is it advisable to send a drop dead letter I was reading about? Thank you for reading  <response>: They have to tell you honestly that the debt is past the statute of limitations. And so, they have no claws. They cannot do anything to you.Yes, you can send the drop dead letter, or you can just send a mre polite letter telling them that any effort to collect money from you will only cost them time money, so that its in the best of their interest to write your debt off and move on. 