Rachel Monroe Arizona gives used-car buyers a short implied warranty of merchantability under A.R.S. 44-1267. Learn what the 15-day, 500-mile dealer warranty covers, who pays for repairs, and how to enforce a breach.
A plain-language guide to the statute of limitations on debt in Illinois: the 10-, 5-, and 4-year time limits by debt type, when the clock starts, what restarts it, and how a time-barred debt works as a defense to a collection lawsuit.
Massachusetts requires used car dealers to warranty vehicles sold for $700 or more with under 125,000 miles. Here is how the mileage-based warranty, repair attempts, refunds, and OCABR arbitration work.
How Virginia’s Consumer Protection Act works: the deceptive practices it prohibits, the damages and fees a consumer can recover, where to file, and the two-year deadline to sue.
A step-by-step look at filing a consumer complaint with the New York Attorney General, including where to submit it, what to include, and what the Consumer Frauds Bureau can and cannot do.
A step-by-step look at filing a consumer complaint with the Illinois Attorney General, the office’s mediation and enforcement powers, and the deadlines that apply to a private lawsuit.
When an Illinois lender can repossess a financed car, the breach-of-peace limit on self-help repossession, the notice and sale rules, redemption, and how deficiency balances work.
Chapter 93A is the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. It bans unfair or deceptive business practices and lets consumers and businesses recover double or triple damages plus attorney’s fees.
Massachusetts gives creditors six years to sue on most consumer debts. This article explains the limitation period, when it starts, what restarts it, and what a time-barred debt means for the person who owes it.
The Arizona Consumer Fraud Act (A.R.S. § 44-1522) lets consumers sue over deceptive sales. What it covers, who can sue, the one-year deadline, and how state enforcement differs.
How much of your paycheck an Illinois creditor can take, what income and property is exempt, and the ways to reduce or stop a wage garnishment.
Georgia handles contractor complaints through three separate channels, the State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, and magistrate court. Each has different powers and different limits.