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Civil Code § 1788.56

TITLE 1.6C.5. Fair Debt Buying Practices

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 1788.56Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 64, Sec. 2. (SB 233) Effective January 1, 2014.

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.