DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3272.9›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273›TITLE 1.6C.5. Fair Debt Buying Practices 1788.50-1788.64

§ 1788.56

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

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

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