# Online Sources — California Consumer-Debt Research

Canonical URLs for California and federal consumer-debt
research. All WebFetch accessible.

## California statutes

- **CCP** (Code of Civil Procedure):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?lawCode=CCP

- **Civ. Code, § 1788 et seq.** (Rosenthal Act):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText
  .xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=3.&title=1.6C.&part=4.

- **Civ. Code, §§ 1788.50 et seq.** (FDBPA):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=1788.50.&lawCode=CIV

- **Cal. Fin. Code, §§ 100000 et seq.** (CDCLA):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=100000.&lawCode=FIN

- **Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.** (UCL):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=17200.&lawCode=BPC

- **Cal. Evid. Code** (evidence rules):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?lawCode=EVID

- **Cal. Comm. Code, § 2725** (UCC Art. 2 SOL):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=2725.&lawCode=COM

- **Cal. Comm. Code, §§ 9101 et seq.** (UCC Art. 9):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=9101.&lawCode=COM

- **Civ. Code, § 1798.93** (Identity Theft Victims Act):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=1798.93.&lawCode=CIV

## California regulations

- **Cal. Code Regs., Title 10** (DFPI regulations):
  https://www.dfpi.ca.gov/laws-and-regulations/

- **DFPI debt-collector and debt-buyer regulations**:
  Search at https://oal.ca.gov/ or the DFPI website above

## DFPI — debt-collector and debt-buyer licensing

- **DFPI home page**: https://dfpi.ca.gov/

- **DFPI consumer protection / licensee search**:
  https://dfpi.ca.gov/consumers/check-your-financial-company/

- **DFPI enforcement actions** (check against plaintiff):
  https://dfpi.ca.gov/enforcement-actions/

- **NMLS Consumer Access** (national licensing registry):
  https://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/

- **DFPI "Submit a Complaint"** (if collector is unlicensed):
  https://dfpi.ca.gov/file-a-complaint/

## California court rules

- **California Rules of Court** (CRC):
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/rules.htm

- **Civil Discovery Act** (CCP § 2016.010 et seq.):
  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection
  .xhtml?sectionNum=2016.010.&lawCode=CCP

- **Local rules — Los Angeles Superior Court**:
  https://www.lacourt.org/division/civil/CI0035.pdf

- **Local rules — San Francisco Superior Court**:
  https://www.sfsuperiorcourt.org/divisions/civil/
  local-rules

- **Judicial Council forms** (including POS-030, POS-040):
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm

## California case law

- **California Courts official website**:
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/

- **California Court of Appeal opinions**:
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions.htm

- **California Supreme Court opinions**:
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/32456.htm

- **CourtListener — California Supreme Court**:
  https://www.courtlistener.com/?type=o&court=cal

- **CourtListener — California Court of Appeal**:
  https://www.courtlistener.com/?type=o&court=calctapp

- **Google Scholar — California courts**:
  https://scholar.google.com/ (filter to California)

## Federal law

- **U.S. Code — FDCPA** (15 U.S.C. §§ 1692–1692p):
  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-
  prelim-title15-chapter41-subchapter5&edition=prelim

- **U.S. Code — FCRA** (15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq.):
  https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-
  prelim-title15-chapter41-subchapter3&edition=prelim

- **eCFR — Regulation F** (12 CFR pt 1006):
  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-12/chapter-X/part-1006

- **eCFR — Regulation V / FCRA** (12 CFR pt 1022):
  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-12/chapter-X/part-1022

- **CFPB main page**:
  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/

- **CFPB Reg F final rule page**:
  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/policy-compliance/rulemaking/
  final-rules/debt-collection-practices-regulation-f/

- **CFPB enforcement actions**:
  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/enforcement/actions/

## California Office of Attorney General

- **California AG — Consumer Protection**:
  https://oag.ca.gov/consumers

- **California AG — Bureau of Consumer Protection**:
  https://oag.ca.gov/about/divisions/consumer-protection-and
  -enforcement

- **California AG — Identity Theft**:
  https://oag.ca.gov/idtheft

## Federal Trade Commission

- **FTC FDCPA resources**:
  https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/privacy-security/
  consumer-financial-services/debt-collection

- **FTC consumer information on debt collection**:
  https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/debt-collection-faqs

## Legal aid and consumer advocacy

- **Bet Tzedek Legal Services** (Los Angeles):
  https://www.bettzedek.org/

- **Legal Aid Society of San Diego**:
  https://www.lassd.org/

- **Bay Area Legal Aid**:
  https://baylegal.org/

- **California Rural Legal Assistance**:
  https://www.crla.org/

- **National Consumer Law Center** (NCLC):
  https://www.consumerlaw.org/

- **National Association of Consumer Advocates** (NACA):
  https://www.consumeradvocates.org/

- **Pro Bono Net — California**:
  https://www.lawhelpcalifornia.org/

- **Lawyer Referral — California State Bar**:
  https://www.calbar.ca.gov/public/

## Entity searches (for debt-buyer research)

- **California Secretary of State business search**:
  https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business

- **Delaware Secretary of State** (for Delaware LLCs):
  https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/
  NameSearch.aspx

- **SEC EDGAR** (for publicly traded debt buyers —
  Encore Capital, Midland Funding, Portfolio Recovery):
  https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar

- **CFPB enforcement tracking** (for debt-buyer entities):
  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/enforcement/actions/

## Form Interrogatories — official sources

- **DISC-001** (Form Interrogatories — General):
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/disc001.pdf

- **DISC-002** (Form Interrogatories — Economic Loss /
  Damages):
  https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/disc002.pdf

## Cross-references

- `ca-consumer-debt` SKILL — main bundle
- `ca-law-references/references/online-sources.md` —
  general civil practice URLs
- `ca-law-references/references/legal-data-apis.md` —
  programmatic access
- `ca-fact-check` — citation verification