A creditor may seek to collect an outstanding debt in several ways. However, because of “abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices by many debt collectors,” (15 U.S.C. § 1692)...
statutes
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Background
False Claims Act
Federal statute that sets criminal and civil penalties for falsely billing the government, over-representing the amount of a delivered product, or understating an obligation to the government. The False Claims Act may be enforced either by the Justice...
false pretenses
False pretenses, also known as larceny by false pretenses, is a crime under common law. A defendant commits false pretenses when they obtain title to the victim’s property through misrepresentations with the intent to defraud.
...family law
Family law, also referred to as domestic relations in many states, is the broad body of law that covers marriage, divorce, child custody, adoption, domestic violence, reproductive rights, and other matters regarding family relationships. Much...
federal
The term federal is typically used to refer to the United States Government, its legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and the statutes, rules, and regulations enacted by those branches of government.
The split of...
Federal Register
The Federal Register is a daily publication of the U.S. Federal Government that officially notifies the public about changes to federal law. Among the items published are presidential executive orders, proposed and enacted administrative...
Federal Tort Claims Act
The Federal Tort Claims Act, also known as the FTCA, is a federal statute which authorizes private tort actions against the United States where, if the United States were a private person, it would be liable to the claimant according to the...
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also called the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Act provided 24.8 billion federal dollars for a 41,000-mile national system of...
financial institution
A financial Institution is defined in 18 U.S. Code § 20 as an entity, national or international, that deals primarily in business related to financial or/and monetary transactions, namely loans, deposits, investments, currency exchange, or...
Financial institutions - State statutes
Alabama- Title 5 Alaska- Title 6 Arizona- Title 6 Arkansas (searchable index) California Colorado (see Title 11) Connecticut- Title 36 Delaware- Title 5 District of Columbia (see Title 26) Florida (see Title XXXVIII) Georgia (see...