California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 1.6C.5 — Fair Debt Buying Practices, Section 1788.56
A debt buyer shall not bring suit or initiate an arbitration or other legal proceeding to collect a consumer debt if the applicable statute of limitations on the debt buyer’s claim has expired.
Notes
Prohibits a debt buyer from filing suit, starting arbitration, or initiating any other legal proceeding to collect a consumer debt after the applicable statute of limitations on the debt buyer’s claim has expired. Bars those collection proceedings once the limitations period governing the debt buyer’s claim is no longer open.
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