5th Cir. Holds Debt Collector’s Obligation to Report Debt as Disputed Not Limited By § 1692g

This article originally appeared on Maurice Wutscher's Consumer Financial Services Blog and is republished here with permission.

-----

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed summary judgment under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in favor of the debtor and against a debt collector, where the debt collector failed to mark the debtor’s account as disputed when it credit reported the account.