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State invoice collection laws
What changes when you call overdue customers in different states. Federal TCPA and FDCPA set the floor; state laws extend it. These pages cover the differences SMB owners need to know before turning on AI invoice collection. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed attorney before acting on any specific claim.
For the federal compliance layer Syntharra enforces in code, see /compliance. For the conceptual overview, see AI invoice collection.
FL
Florida
Florida adds the FCCPA on top of the federal TCPA and FDCPA. For first-party invoice follow-up, the practical impact is a tighter calling window and stricter dispute handling.
CA
California
California layers the Rosenthal Act on top of federal TCPA and FDCPA, plus the CCPA on data handling. The combination is the strictest in the United States.
NY
New York
New York General Business Law adds consumer-protection requirements on top of federal TCPA and FDCPA. The state has been an active jurisdiction for class-action filings on automated calls.
TX
Texas
Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 covers debt collection, while Texas Business and Commerce Code §305 governs unauthorized telephone solicitation. Federal TCPA and FDCPA cover the rest.
IL
Illinois
Illinois has the Collection Agency Act and is a two-party recording consent state. AI voice agents face strict identification and recording-disclosure requirements.
MA
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Chapter 93A and 209 CMR 18.00 add consumer-protection requirements on top of the federal TCPA and FDCPA. The state is a two-party recording consent jurisdiction.
AZ
Arizona
Arizona is one-party-consent for recording, follows the federal TCPA floor, and has comparatively light state-level debt-collection rules for first-party creditors. The bar to keep is federal.
GA
Georgia
Georgia is one-party-consent, follows the federal TCPA floor, and has the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act as the main consumer-protection lever. Same federal compliance applies regardless.
NJ
New Jersey
New Jersey is two-party-consent, has aggressive consumer-protection enforcement under the Consumer Fraud Act, and treats unfair business practices as a treble-damages issue. The federal TCPA floor sits underneath all of it.
PA
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is two-party-consent for recording and has the Fair Credit Extension Uniformity Act extending FDCPA-like protections to first-party creditors. Both layers sit on top of the federal TCPA floor.
OH
Ohio
Ohio is one-party-consent for recording, has the Consumer Sales Practices Act as the main consumer-protection layer, and shortened its statute of limitations on written contracts to 6 years in 2021.
NC
North Carolina
North Carolina has the Debt Collection Act, which extends FDCPA-style protections to first-party creditors. Recording is one-party. The 3-year statute of limitations on contracts is shorter than most US states.
State-specific guardrails baked into the call layer at every dial.
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