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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1692h"
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description: "Multiple debts"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "41"
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chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
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section: "1692h"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1692h"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1692h - Multiple debts
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## Text
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If any consumer owes multiple debts and makes any single payment to any debt collector with respect to such debts, such debt collector may not apply such payment to any debt which is disputed by the consumer and, where applicable, shall apply such payment in accordance with the consumer’s directions.
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(Pub. L. 90–321, title VIII, § 810, as added Pub. L. 95–109, Sept. 20, 1977, 91 Stat. 880.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of six months after Sept. 20, 1977, see section 819 of Pub. L. 90–321, as added by Pub. L. 95–109, set out as a note under section 1692 of this title.
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