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Section 810
Multiple debts
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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Section 810--Multiple Debts
Section 810 provides: "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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