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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Terms Used In California Civil Code 1788.56

  • Debt buyer: means a person or entity that is regularly engaged in the business of purchasing charged-off consumer debt for collection purposes, whether it collects the debt itself, hires a third party for collection, or hires an attorney-at-law for collection litigation. See California Civil Code 1788.50
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.