Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Title_VIII_of_the_Consumer_Credit_Protection_Act
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fair_Debt_Collection_Practices_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Dodd-Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act
gptkbp:appliesTo debt collectors
consumer debts
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Public_Law_95-109
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:15_U.S.C._§_1692_et_seq.
gptkbp:compatibleWith business debts
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1977
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Consumer_Credit_Protection_Act
gptkbp:prohibits false statements by debt collectors
harassment by debt collectors
unfair practices by debt collectors
gptkbp:providesFor statutory damages
attorney's fees for prevailing consumers
civil liability for violations
gptkbp:purpose to eliminate abusive debt collection practices
to promote fair debt collection
to provide consumers with a way to dispute and obtain validation of debt information
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_805_-_Communication_in_connection_with_debt_collection
gptkb:Section_806_-_Harassment_or_abuse
gptkb:Section_807_-_False_or_misleading_representations
gptkb:Section_808_-_Unfair_practices
gptkb:Section_809_-_Validation_of_debts
gptkb:Section_811_-_Legal_actions_by_debt_collectors
gptkb:Section_812_-_Furnishing_certain_deceptive_forms
Section 810 - Multiple debts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fair_Debt_Collection_Practices_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5