SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC in Illinois

Third-party agencySTERLING

SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC is a debt collection agency headquartered in STERLING. It has been licensed as a collection agency in Illinois continuously for 2 years, and currently holds a license recorded as active with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (017022547), meeting the Collection Agency Act requirement for collection agencies operating in the state. Each fact below links to where it comes from wherever a source is on record, with the date it was last checked where a check has run.

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Illinois license

2 years continuous

License on file

ACTIVE

2 years

of continuous verified Illinois license history on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's license register. SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC currently holds a Collection Agency Act license in force.

Source: data.illinois.gov · Last checked: October 12, 2026

Public-record facts about SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	STERLING	Source: southwood.co
Company type	Third-party agency	Source: southwood.co
Debt types handled	Student & Education	Source: southwood.co
Website	southwood.co
Illinois license history	2 years continuously licensed ACTIVE 017022547 · filed December 18, 2023	Register: data.illinois.gov · Last checked: October 12, 2026

How to reach SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC safely

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Is SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC licensed to collect debt in Illinois?

Yes. SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC holds a current collection agency license with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (license 017022547), recorded as active on the state's public license register, last checked October 12, 2026. The Collection Agency Act, 205 ILCS 740, Section 4, requires this license of a collection agency operating in the state, though an out-of-state agency collecting into Illinois only by interstate communication from a state where it is licensed, with reciprocity, is lawfully exempt.

What types of debt does SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC specialize in collecting?

According to its own website, SOUTHWOOD FINANCIAL LLC specializes in student and education collections. A specialty is the company's own published claim; this directory verifies the public register facts, not the claim.

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