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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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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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 28, 2021

The new law limits a collection agency’s ability to collect on medical debt. The proposed amendments include changing the definition of medical debt, allowing medical debtors to initiate contact and make voluntary payments, and preventing certain written communications from being sent via certified mail.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Businesses throughout Florida should be aware of consumer statutes that provide remedies to consumers and impose liability to businesses, even for small technical violations. Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA). Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) Part 1: Understanding the FCCPA.

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 12, 2024

—In collecting consumer debts, no person shall: (9) Claim, attempt, or threaten to enforce a debt when such person knows that the debt is not legitimate, or assert the existence of some other legal right when such person knows that the right does not exist. In order to establish a violation of Section 559.72(9)

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