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Section 1788.1
Purpose and Public Policy Behind the Act

Section 1788.2
Debt Collection Terms and Definitions

Section 1788.3
Providing Information to Employers

Section 1788.10
Threatening Debt Collection Tactics

Section 1788.11
Collection Calls & Communication Rules

Section 1788.12
3rd Party Contact Regarding Your Debt

Section 1788.13
Debt Collection Deception and Misrepresentation

Section 1788.14
Harassing Communication Tactics

Section 1788.15
Unfair Practices - Lawsuits & Service on the Debtor

Section 1788.16
Misrepresentation of Judicial or Government Entity

Section 1788.17
Compliance with the FDCPA

Section 1788.20
Consumer Credit Application

Section 1788.21
Responsibility of Creditor Notification

Section 1788.22
Consumer Credit Transactions

Section 1788.30
Damages Available Under the Act

Enforcement & Relation to State Laws

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Unfair Practices -
Lawsuits & Service on the Debtor


§ 1788.15

    (a) No debt collector shall collect or attempt to collect a consumer debt by means of judicial proceedings when the debt collector knows that service of process, where essential to jurisdiction over the debtor or his property, has not been legally effected.

    (b) No debt collector shall collect or attempt to collect a consumer debt, other than one reduced to judgment, by means of judicial proceedings in a county other than the county in which the debtor has incurred the consumer debt or the county in which the debtor resides at the time such proceedings are instituted, or resided at the time the debt was incurred.


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