Meade & Associates Inc in Texas

Meade & Associates Inc is a debt collection agency headquartered in Lewis Center. It has held a Texas surety bond continuously for 29 years, and currently has an active $10,000 bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 970458), meeting the Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requirement for third-party debt collectors. 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.

29 years

of continuous verified Texas bond history on the Texas Secretary of State register. Meade & Associates Inc currently holds an active $10,000 surety bond.

Source: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: October 5, 2026

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Public-record facts about Meade & Associates Inc

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	Lewis Center	Named on: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026
Year founded	1978	Stated on: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: September 26, 2026
Company type	Third-party agency	Classified by us from: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026
Debt types handled	Healthcare, Student & Education, Commercial, Financial Services, Utilities, Other	Healthcare, Student & Education, Financial Services, Utilities named on: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026 Commercial named on: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026 Other: source: meadeandassociates.com
Website	meadeandassociates.com
Careers page	meadeandassociates.com/careers	Linked from: meadeandassociates.com · Last checked: October 2, 2026
Texas surety bond history	29 years continuously bonded Active SoS File 970458 · filed August 22, 1997 · Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America · bond 775224307TX Canceled Close File SoS File 970127 · filed May 9, 1997 · canceled September 11, 1997 · The North River Insurance Company · bond 6101992008TX352	Register: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: October 5, 2026 Earlier filings: read from the Secretary of State's former search, retired September 29, 2026
CFPB debt-collection complaints on record	228	CFPB database: consumerfinance.gov · Last checked: October 7, 2026

How to reach Meade & Associates Inc safely

From Meade & Associates Inc's own website, read October 6, 2026. Each detail links to the page that shows it.

Call: 614.635.8100 Payments As shown on Meade & Associates Inc's own website, read October 6, 2026
1-(800) 686-3233 Toll-free As shown on Meade & Associates Inc's own website, read October 6, 2026
Pay online: meadeandassociates.com As linked from Meade & Associates Inc's own website, read October 6, 2026

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Common questions about Meade & Associates Inc

Is Meade & Associates Inc licensed to collect debt in Texas?

Meade & Associates Inc has an active $10,000 surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 970458), last checked October 5, 2026. Texas does not issue a collection license; that bond is what Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requires of a third-party debt collector before it collects consumer debts.

Does Meade & Associates Inc have complaints on record?

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 228 debt-collection complaints referencing Meade & Associates Inc, as of October 7, 2026. This counts debt-collection complaints only, all years, not every complaint the Bureau holds about the company; the profile links the same search on the live CFPB database; a complaint is a record, not a verdict, and the CFPB says its database is not a statistical sample of consumers’ experiences.

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