Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Statute: 41 USC 1692 et seq.

Regulation: None

Commentary: FTC

Staff Opinion Letters: FTC

FDCPA Purposes: It is the purpose of this subchapter to eliminate abusive debt collection practices by debt collectors, to insure that those debt collectors who refrain from using abusive debt collection practices are not competitively disadvantaged, and to promote consistent State action to protect consumers against debt collection abuses.