California Civil Code

§ 1788.62

CIV § 1788.62 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 3 · Title 1.6C.5 · Part 4

Statute text

(a)In the case of an action brought by an individual or individuals, a debt buyer that violates any provision of this title with respect to any person shall be liable to that person in an amount equal to the sum of the following:

(1)Any actual damages sustained by that person as a result of the violation, including, but not limited to, the amount of any judgment obtained by the debt buyer as a result of a time-barred suit to collect a debt from that person.

(2)Statutory damages in an amount as the court may allow, which shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 64, Sec. 2. (SB 233) Effective January 1, 2014.