Check Collection Fees

Can you have these padded onto your debt?
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David A. Szwak
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Check Collection Fees

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Debt collector's attempts to collect return-check fee after check was dishonored were not governed by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA); debt collector's claim involved payment by check, and because checks are not debts under FDCPA, there was no requisite “debtâ€
David Szwak
Chairman, Consumer Protection Section, Louisiana State Bar Association
Bodenheimer, Jones & Szwak
509 Market Street, 7th Floor
Mid South Tower
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
318-221-6444
Fax 318-221-6555
David A. Szwak
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Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:19 pm

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Check is not a “debtâ€
David Szwak
Chairman, Consumer Protection Section, Louisiana State Bar Association
Bodenheimer, Jones & Szwak
509 Market Street, 7th Floor
Mid South Tower
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
318-221-6444
Fax 318-221-6555
David A. Szwak
Posts: 1974
Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:19 pm

Post by David A. Szwak »

Type of transaction which may give rise to “debtâ€
David Szwak
Chairman, Consumer Protection Section, Louisiana State Bar Association
Bodenheimer, Jones & Szwak
509 Market Street, 7th Floor
Mid South Tower
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
318-221-6444
Fax 318-221-6555
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