Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) is a pro-consumer statute. 17) relating to emails for collecting debt. This article seeks to explore whether sending an email to a debtor after 9pm and before 8am violates the FCCPA. 17) prohibits contacting a debtor between the hours of 9pm and 8am.

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Troutman Sanders

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

18) of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), which makes it unlawful for a debt collector to communicate with a debtor if the debt collector knows that the debtor is represented by an attorney with respect to such debt and has knowledge of, or can readily ascertain, such attorney’s name and address.

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Jimerson Firm

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) is a pro-consumer statute. Unlike the FDCPA, which only applies to debt collectors, the FCCPA applies to all persons or businesses collecting consumer debts. These lawsuits are typically based upon an allegedly improper 3-day notice sent to a tenant/debtor.

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The Kaplan Group

MARCH 24, 2022

Debt collectors can now contact consumers on social media. In November 2021, The CFPB made some long-awaited updates to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The FDCPA was enacted by congress in 1977, so the standards regarding communication between debtors and collectors were not up to speed with modern technologies.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 12, 2022

The appeal arose from a lawsuit brought by two Florida homeowners (“Debtors”) against their home loan servicer (“Servicer”) for alleged violations of the FDCPA and Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act. The statements also warned that failure to pay may result in the loss of Debtors’ home and provided options for payment.

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Qualco

APRIL 15, 2024

As financial hardships mount, debtors often prioritise the payment of secured debts like auto loans and mortgages over unsecured debts, leading to more incidents of unpaid loans.

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Debt RR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Collecting debts is time-consuming, especially if the debtor refuses to cooperate. Due to the frustration they encounter when collecting debts, they may resort to outsourcing the debt collection process to a collection agency for small businesses. How to Find a Collection Agency for Your Small Business.

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