by Matthew Foley | Dec 9, 2018 | Collection Lawsuits, Consumer Rights
Tucson Bankruptcy Blog Arizona Supreme Court provides clarification on Statute of Limitations on a Collection Lawsuit. Mertola v. Santos: S.Ct. of AZ Arizona statutes allow a debt collector six years to file suit on an outstanding debt (See A.R.S. Section...
by Matthew Foley | Jul 26, 2018 | Consumer Rights
Tucson Bankruptcy Blog The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) was intended as a consumer protection against lenders lying or otherwise altering agreed upon terms. TILA requires lenders to fully disclose the terms of the credit being offered including full transparency...
by Matthew Foley | Jul 26, 2018 | Consumer Rights, Secured and Unsecured Claims, Violations of Automatic Stay and Discharge Order
Tucson Bankruptcy Blog In 2011, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2412 into law, amending A.R.S. § 12-548 and increasing the statute of limitations for credit card debt from three years to six years. According to the statute, credit card debt “must be...
by Matthew Foley | Jul 26, 2018 | Consumer Rights
Tucson Bankruptcy Blog The purpose of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is 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...