Trucking & freight collections · Austin, TX
Owed money on a trucking & freight account in Austin? We are a commercial debt collector — business-to-business accounts only — and we chase the unpaid invoice nobody at Austin wants to talk about, across Central Texas with research, in-person contact, and enforcement through licensed collection attorneys. No recovery, no fee.
Austin businesses across Central Texas run up unpaid trucking & freight invoices like everywhere else, and many creditors write them off rather than chase them across the state. We do not. We pursue trucking & freight accounts in Austin with the same work we bring to the major metros: research first, then contact, then enforcement through counsel. An unpaid invoice does not become uncollectible just because the customer stopped paying and stopped calling back.
When a freight broker stops paying, the surety bond is the first question. An FMCSA-licensed property broker or freight forwarder must maintain $75,000 of financial security under 49 U.S.C. § 13906 — but that is a single bond shared pro rata among everyone who claims against it, not a guaranteed payout per carrier, and it runs out. Speed matters more here than almost anywhere else, and so does knowing whether the entity on the rate confirmation is the one that actually holds the authority.
A suit on a Austin account is filed in Travis County, with the Travis County District Clerk. Travis County runs 12 district courts hearing civil matters and 9 statutory county courts at law. Austin is not contained by one county. The city limits reach into Bastrop, Hays and Williamson Counties as well, so the county on a debtor's letterhead is not always the county a judgment against them should be abstracted in. Most commercial accounts resolve long before any of that, and we are a collection agency rather than a law firm — but knowing where the account would land is part of deciding whether pursuing it is worth your money.
Austin is roughly a 3-hour drive from Dallas. We still go — it just means a field visit is planned rather than spontaneous, and we tell you before we spend a day on one.
General information for commercial creditors, not legal advice. Deadlines turn on facts we have not seen — confirm specifics with qualified counsel before relying on any of it.
Your leverage
Freight non-payers fold one entity and open another. Skip tracing and asset investigation surface the principals, the successor company, and the receivables worth pursuing — before the trail goes cold.
Rate confirmations, BOLs, and PODs make freight debt some of the most provable commercial debt there is. We build the file and put it in front of the party who has to pay.
FAQ
Yes. We pursue trucking & freight accounts throughout Austin and Central Texas, and nationwide through a network of licensed collection attorneys. There is no upfront cost — we work on contingency, and the fee is agreed before you place anything.
Stop calling and start documenting. Pull the invoices, the contract or purchase order, proof of delivery or acceptance, and the exact legal entity name of the debtor — not the trade name. Then check which deadline governs the account, because the leverage in this trade runs on a short clock. Silence usually means the debtor has decided you are not a priority, which is a different problem from inability to pay and is solved differently.
In Travis County, with the Travis County District Clerk. Which court depends on the amount and the relief sought, and that is the filing attorney's decision. Below the district and county courts, a justice court anywhere in Texas handles claims up to $20,000 (Tex. Gov't Code § 27.031) — the same ceiling in all 254 counties, not a local rule.
As soon as it is clearly past due rather than merely late. Commercial debt gets harder to collect as it ages — the trail goes cold, people leave, and entities dissolve. The expensive mistake is almost never acting too early.
No. We take commercial accounts only — money one business owes another. That is why the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which governs consumer debt, generally does not reach this work. If the person who owes you is an individual consumer, we are not the right agency and we will tell you so.
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency — no retainer, no monthly minimum, and a fee charged only against funds actually recovered. The fee is agreed before you place anything.
Tell us what you're owed and we'll tell you exactly how we'd go after it. The review is free, and you pay nothing unless we collect.
Free and confidential · No upfront cost · You pay only if we collect
