{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1788.56","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1788.56","heading":"","body":"A debt buyer shall not bring suit or initiate an arbitration or other legal proceeding to collect a consumer debt if the applicable statute of limitations on the debt buyer’s claim has expired.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.6C.5. Fair Debt Buying Practices [1788.50. - 1788.66.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5f4ad264814f2d2115f89db44e7f2b8861edcb0642145c61f83d87da1cff421a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1788.54","next":"us-ca/civ-1788.58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}