This subchapter does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any person subject to the provisions of this subchapter from complying with the laws of any State with respect to debt collection practices, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision of this subchapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. For purposes of this section, a State law is not inconsistent with this subchapter if the protection such law affords any consumer is greater than the protection provided by this subchapter.
Pub. L. 90–321, title VIII, § 816Pub. L. 95–10991 Stat. 883(, as added , , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 819 of Pub. L. 90–321Pub. L. 95–109section 1692 of this titleSection effective upon the expiration of six months after , see , as added by , set out as a note under .