| ▲ | ceejayoz 6 days ago | |
Parking fines aren't debts, and thus, legal tender doesn't apply. https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/seventh-circuit/city-sanc... > The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that city-levied fines are not debts under the FDCPA... District courts, for what it's worth, uniformly agree that a fine does not stem from a consensual transaction, and thus is not a debt under the FDCPA. | ||
| ▲ | SJC_Hacker 6 days ago | parent [-] | |
> a fine does not stem from a consensual transaction, and thus is not a debt under the FDCPA. Which transactions with the government is "consensual" where it doesn't demand payment up front (like a contractor)? This goes back to my idea that while legal tender is a nice idea, in practice it means nothing | ||