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Consumer Issues

FDCPA, FCRA disputes, lemon laws, contractor complaints, and consumer protection procedures.

Filing a California Attorney General Complaint Against a Business

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

The California Attorney General’s Public Inquiry Unit takes consumer complaints against businesses through an online form or a mail-in PDF. What the office does with them, what belongs in the narrative, and where other complaints get routed.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

How to Stop Wage Garnishment in California After a Judgment

October 1, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

A California wage garnishment ends when the court grants an exemption, when the judgment is satisfied or released, or when the withholding order is set aside. This walks through the Claim of Exemption procedure, the creditor’s 10-day opposition window, and the garnishments that fall outside it.

Categories Consumer Issues, Debt Collection

Suing Under FDUTPA: Florida’s Deceptive Trade Practices Law

October 1, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

What the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act prohibits, who can bring a claim, what a consumer can recover, and the exemptions that keep some disputes out of the statute.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

California Lemon Law Process From Repairs to Buyback

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

A step-by-step account of the California lemon law process for new vehicles: eligibility under the Song-Beverly Act, the Tanner repair-attempt presumption, the written demand to the manufacturer, state-certified arbitration, and what a lawsuit looks like in its first months.

Categories Consumer Issues, Lemon Laws

Ohio Attorney General Complaint: Filing and What Follows

October 1, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

An Ohio attorney general complaint is a report to the Consumer Protection Section, filed free online or on a paper form. It triggers the office’s investigative authority under Ohio Rev. Code 1345.06 but does not award money to the consumer who files it.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

Filing a Texas Attorney General Complaint: What Happens Next

October 1, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

The Texas Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division takes consumer complaints online through three forms. Here is what the portal asks for, what the division does after submission, and where a complaint stops short of a private remedy.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

Wage Garnishment in Florida and the Head of Household Exemption

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

How wage garnishment works in Florida after a money judgment: the federal 25 percent ceiling, the head of family (head of household) exemption for disposable earnings of $750 a week or less, the writ procedure under Chapter 77, and the 20-day sworn claim of exemption.

Categories Consumer Issues, Debt Collection

Florida Towing Laws and How to Get Your Car Back

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

What Florida law requires before a car can be towed from private property, where it can be stored, how fast it must be released, what the towing company can charge, and how an improper tow or an inflated lien is challenged.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

Ohio Mechanics Lien Deadlines, Affidavit and Service Rules

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

Ohio mechanics lien procedure under Chapter 1311: notice of furnishing, affidavit filing windows, service on the owner, and how a lien is discharged.

Categories Consumer Issues, Mechanic's Liens

Filing a Florida Attorney General Complaint, Step by Step

October 1, 2026September 28, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

A Florida attorney general complaint goes to the Consumer Protection Division, the civil enforcement authority for FDUTPA. This article covers which office receives which complaint, what the form asks for, and what the state can and cannot recover for an individual consumer.

Categories Consumer Issues, Filing Complaints

Florida Repossession Laws: When a Lender Can Take Your Car

September 30, 2026September 28, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

Florida lets an auto lender repossess a financed vehicle after default without a court order, as long as it takes the car without a breach of the peace. Chapter 679 controls the sale notice, redemption, and the deficiency balance that follows.

Categories Consumer Issues, Debt Collection

Statute of Limitations on Debt in Georgia by Debt Type

October 1, 2026September 28, 2026 by Rachel Monroe

Georgia’s debt limitation periods run six years for simple written contracts, four years for open accounts, and four years for contracts for the sale of goods, with a written new promise capable of starting a fresh period.

Categories Consumer Issues, Debt Collection
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