Code Section

Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3273.69]

  ( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. )
  

PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738 - 3273.69]

  ( Part 4 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 1.6C.5. Fair Debt Buying Practices [1788.50 - 1788.66]

  ( Title 1.6C.5 added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 64, Sec. 2. )
  
1788.56.  

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.)