FDCPA, FCRA disputes, lemon laws, contractor complaints, and consumer protection procedures.
An orientation to consumer protection in North Carolina: the Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, debt collection rules, the lemon law, how to file a complaint, and the deadlines that apply.
How long Illinois debt collectors have to sue, when the limitations clock restarts, and how to use the statute of limitations as a defense if you are sued.
A step-by-step look at how contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers record and enforce a mechanics lien in Georgia, including the 90-day filing window and the 365-day deadline to sue.
Michigan gives creditors six years to sue on most consumer debts. This article explains the limitation period, when the clock starts, what makes a debt time-barred, what can restart it, and the separate ten-year clock on court judgments.
Filing a consumer complaint with the Michigan Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Team: how to submit it online or by mail, how mediation works, and when another agency is the right place to go.
Michigan’s lemon law applies only to new vehicles under the manufacturer’s warranty. A used-car buyer relies on dealer warranties, federal law, and the FTC Buyers Guide instead.
The Arizona Registrar of Contractors investigates written complaints against licensed contractors. Here is the two-year filing deadline, how the process works, and when the $30,000 Residential Contractors’ Recovery Fund applies.
A plain-language guide to consumer protection law in Michigan: the practices the Consumer Protection Act bans, the damages and attorney fees it allows, the exemption that narrows it, related buyer protections, and the complaint channels that enforce them.
A step-by-step look at filing a consumer complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, including what the office can and cannot do, how to submit online or by mail, and what happens after you file.
How the Illinois New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act works: which new vehicles and buyers it covers, when a defect qualifies, the refund-or-replacement remedy, and the 18-month deadline to sue.
New York wage garnishment runs through an income execution under CPLR 5231. Here is how much of a paycheck it can reach, which income is exempt, and how to stop or reduce it.
How Arizona law governs police impounds, private-property tows, the cost to get a vehicle back, and the deadlines to request a poststorage hearing.