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Updated April 16,2026

Credit Report Legend

(provided by Advantage Credit)

1. ECOA Codes 

• A: Authorized user- A joint account where the borrower is an authorized user but has no contractual responsibility.
• I: Individual account- An account solely for this borrower. 
• B: Borrower's account- An account solely for the borrower. 
• C: Co-borrower's account- An account solely for the co-borrower. 
• J: Joint account- An account for which both spouses are contractually liable.
• M: Maker- An account where the borrower is primarily responsible, having a cosigner [or Co-maker] with no spousal relationship to assume liability if the borrower defaults. 
• S: Co-maker- An account for which the borrower is the co-signer, with no spousal relationship, who becomes liable if the primary signer [or Maker] defaults. 
• P: Participating account- A joint account for which contractual liability cannot be determined.
• T: Terminated- A joint or co-signed account where the borrower is no longer associated with the account. 
• X: Deceased- The borrower has been reported deceased. 
• U: Undesignated account- An account that has not yet been designated. 

2. WHOSE Codes 

• B: Account returns from repositories under borrower's name 
• C: Account returns from repositories under co-applicant's name 
• J: Account returns from the repositories under both applicant and co-applicant names 

3. Creditor This shows the name of the creditor that the borrower has an account with, as well as the Account Number beneath it. Beneath the account number is the History field which details the Late Days field tells you the dates of late payments and the number of days they were past due. 1Credit Report Legend 

4. Date Reported This is the date of the last report the creditor gave to the credit bureau. 

5. Date Opened and DLA 

• Date Opened: The date that the account was originally opened 
• DLA: This is the date of the last recorded activity on the account. 

6. High Credit or Limit and Account Types 

• High Credit: This is the highest amount borrowed on this account. This shows only if it is a charge account. 
• The Account Type is indicated by one of the following codes: 
• MTG: Mortgage 
• INST: Installation account 
• AUTO: Auto loan 
• COLL: Account in collections 
• REV: Revolving account 
• OPEN: Open account 
• EDU: Education account 
• COSI: Co-signer account
•  LEAS: Leasing account 

7. Balance and Terms 

Balance: The amount of money owed on the account as of the last date reported. 

Terms: The first number indicates # of months, and the second figure indicates the amount. 

8. Past Due This is the amount that is past due on the account. 

9. Mo Rev This field indicates the number of months this account has been reviewed by the bureau. 

10. Past 30 60 90 Days These fields indicate how many times the account has been 30, 60, or 90 days past due. 

11. Account Source and Status 

• The Account Source describes which of the three bureaus the tradeline data is from. 
• The Account Status is indicated by one of the codes below: 
• AS AGREED - current/as agreed
• BANKRUPTCY- bankruptcy 2Credit Report Legend 
• CHARGE OFF - charge off 
• CLOS NP AA - Closed/Not paid as agreed 
• CLOSED- closed account 
• CO NOW PAY - now paying/was charge off 
• COLLECTION - placed for collection 
• CRCDLOST - credit card lost 
• CUR WAS 120+- current was 120+ 
• CUR WAS 30 - current was 30 
• CUR WAS 60 - current was 60 
• CUR WAS 90 - current was 90 
• CUR WAS BK - current was bankruptcy 
• CUR WAS COLL- current was collection 
• CUR WAS FORE- current was foreclosure 
• CUR WAS REPO- current was repossessions 
• CURRENT- current 
• DEFRD PAY- payment deferred 
• DELETED- deleted 
• DELINQ 120+- 120+ days 
• DELINQ 30- 30 days 
• DELINQ 60- 60 days 
• DELINQ 90- 90 days 
• FORECLOS- foreclosure 
• GOV CLAIM- Claim filed with government for insured portion of balance on loan 
• INACTIVE- inactive 
• NO STATUS- no status 
• PAID- paid account
• CHGOFF- paid was charge off 
• PAID COLL- Paid was collection 
• PAID FORE- paid was foreclosure 
• PAID REPO- paid was repossession 
• PAY PLAN- paying under payment plan 
• PD WAS 120+- paid was 120+ 
• PD WAS 30- paid was 30 
• PD WAS 60- paid was 60 
• PD WAS 90- paid was 90
• REPOSESS - repossession 
• SCNL- Cannot locate consumer 
• SETTLED- settled 
• TOO NEW RT- too new to report 
• TRANSFERRED- transferred account 
• VOL SUR- voluntary surrender

Rating Code Status': 

Your credit report can also be configured to use Rating Code Status' which will take the place of the Account Status Codes above. It is up to your administrator to configure your report layout to use 

• I = Installment 
• R = Revolving 
• M = Mortgage 
• O = Open Account 
• C = Closed 
• 1 = as agreed 
• 2 = 30 day late 
• 3 = 60 day late 
• 4 = 90 day late 
• 5 = 120+ day late, settled 
• 7 = BK 8 = repo/foreclosure 
• 9 = charge off/collection