LuMcInturff

Oh gosh what a nightmare you must be living in!
Ok... first thing you do is to go to the US Federal Governments website located here:
[url]http://www.ftc.gov/freereports[/url]
Its not a bad place but when you get to the reports - check them to see if your identity has been stolen. Only you would know once you started reading what is on your report.
Step two of being there is that there are three major company's that supply our Nation's credit reports, go to each of them individually and put a block on your name. This way, only if it is actually you can your credit be used for anything.

2.are 11 months... this depends on how your county handles these items. First, look up your former county / city online and see if they have information regarding what happens after. However, you must remember that some people who pick up the trash take things from within it home with them to restore, so doing those things spoken about above to protect your identity is a necessary for you. Because computer components do not break down well, you may find at your online county listing that they pull these and give them to the area college (who receives federal grants to clear them all) who try to reformat them to zero and then heal them to be reused.

3. I know a fella who was re-arranging things in his trunk and set his computer satchel on the ground resting against the tire. A neighbor came out and spoke to him when finished talking, as he walked past the car he hit the trunk so it would shut. I remember that bumping crunching sound as he backed over it. He said, "Can you see what that was?" well, plugging in other devises we were able to retrieve the information from that laptop but only because we knew the account access passwords.

4. Again, check with your former local collections to see WHERE the trash is taken and how it is handled.

5. Be kind to yourself - you have some work to replace your worry now.

Plentiful prayers & bountiful blessings,

Lu