Civil Code 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.

Source: Section 1788.56, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1788.56. (updated Jan. 1, 2014; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_1788.56

Original Source: Section 1788.56, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1788.56. (last accessed May 12, 2025).