Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Federal law enacted in 1977 to eliminate abusive and deceptive debt collection practices and to ensure that debt collectors who refrain from using abusive and deceptive debt collection practices are not competitively disadvantaged.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. A federal law that spells out what practices collection agents may and may not use to collect a debt.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. This act ensures that the creditors maintain a set of guidelines during debt collection. This law is basically implemented to maintain peace and justice during debt collection and mostly to protect the debtor's from the harassing behavior of the creditors.