United States: NMLS Slowdown Frustrates Debt Collector License Applicants As Application Deadline Looms - Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

California had been one of 16 states that did not require licensing of debt collectors. That changed last year with the enactment of the Debt Collection Licensing Act. 2020 Cal. Stats. ch. 163 (SB 908).