source:
  type: regulation
  id: fdcpa-15usc-1692i
  authority: FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.) § 1692i — Legal actions by debt collectors
  description: 'FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.), §1692i Legal actions by debt collectors.
    Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: fdcpa-15usc-1692i-a
  canonical_id: fdcpa-15usc-1692i-a
  section: 15 U.S.C. §1692i(a)
  description: 'Legal actions by debt collectors — (a): (a) Venue Any debt collector who brings any legal action
    on a debt against any consumer shall— (1) in the case of an action to enforce an interest in real property securing
    the consumer ’s obligation, bring such action only in a judicial district or similar legal entity in which such
    real property i…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.) § 1692i
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1692i
    snapshot_id: 626efddb5968238e
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:9f00ff0e7667715cf01a04d2c04e1d987ba0158ddaa313f2ba1772185cee85a7
    paragraph_quote: (a) Venue Any debt collector who brings any legal action on a debt against any consumer shall—
      (1) in the case of an action to enforce an interest in real property securing the consumer ’s obligation,
      bring such action only in a judicial district or similar legal entity in which such real property is located;
      or (2) in the case of an action not described in paragraph (1), bring such action only in the judicial district
      or similar legal entity— (A) in which such consumer signed the contract sued upon; or (B) in which such consumer
      resides at the commencement of the action.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 15 U.S.C. §1692i subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 626efddb5968238e;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: fdcpa-15usc-1692i-b
  canonical_id: fdcpa-15usc-1692i-b
  section: 15 U.S.C. §1692i(b)
  description: 'Legal actions by debt collectors — (b): (b) Authorization of actions Nothing in this subchapter
    shall be construed to authorize the bringing of legal actions by debt collectors. ( Pub. L. 90–321, title VIII,
    § 811 , as added Pub. L. 95–109 , Sept. 20, 1977 , 91 Stat. 880 .)'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C.) § 1692i
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1692i
    snapshot_id: 626efddb5968238e
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:9f00ff0e7667715cf01a04d2c04e1d987ba0158ddaa313f2ba1772185cee85a7
    paragraph_quote: (b) Authorization of actions Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize the
      bringing of legal actions by debt collectors. ( Pub. L. 90–321, title VIII, § 811 , as added Pub. L. 95–109
      , Sept. 20, 1977 , 91 Stat. 880 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 15 U.S.C. §1692i subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 626efddb5968238e;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
