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 as soon as practical after the assignment is made, but at least 30 days before any action to collect the debt. The assignee is a real party in interest and may bring an action to collect a debt that has been assigned to the assignee and is in default.
Fla. Stat. § 559.715
Assignment of consumer debts
Known as the Florida Commercial Collection Practices Act
The act spans §§ 559.01 to 559.9615 (119 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 874 F. Supp. 2d 1353 - Parker v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. (2012)
Most recently applied in Valle v. First National Collection Bureau, Inc. (May 2017)
History.--s. 1, ch. 89-69; ss. 6, 13, ch. 93-275; s. 3, ch. 2010-127.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.