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Debt Collection Letter's Inclusion of Court Costs Was Not Deceptive

Consumer Financial Services Law

Any opinion that starts out by stating “[t]his case is about $82.00” is not likely to go well for one party and in this instance, that was the case for Nestor Saroza. A New Jersey district court recently held that a debt collection letter was not false or deceptive when it included court costs in its demand for the balance. In Saroza v. Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, 2017 U.S.