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TITLE XXXIII REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 559 Regulation Of Trade, Commerce, And Investments, Generally
PART VI CONSUMER COLLECTION PRACTICES (ss. 559.55-559.785)
559.715 Assignment of consumer debts.
559.715 Assignment of consumer debts.--This part does not prohibit the assignment, by a creditor, of the right to bill and collect a consumer debt. However, the assignee must give the debtor written notice of such assignment within 30 days after the assignment. The assignee is a real party in interest and may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect a debt that has been assigned to such assignee and is in default.
History.--s. 1, ch. 89-69; ss. 6, 13, ch. 93-275.
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