What is the most common complaint against California Recovery Bureau, Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about California Recovery Bureau, Inc is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was discharged in bankruptcy". This is based on 10 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against California Recovery Bureau, Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against California Recovery Bureau, Inc are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is California Recovery Bureau, Inc's reputation grade?

California Recovery Bureau, Inc has a reputation grade of B (score: 63.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does California Recovery Bureau, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

California Recovery Bureau, Inc has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 30% of cases.

In how many states does California Recovery Bureau, Inc operate?

California Recovery Bureau, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 6 states, with the most complaints from California (5 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

California Recovery Bureau, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

6
Communication tactics

2
Disclosure verification of debt

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record california-recovery-bureau-inc California Recovery Bureau, Inc

Grade B · 10 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #2473 · compose #1953

VOL 10
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 6
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 30%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #2,473
COMPOSE #1,953

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 208 Capital Holdings LLC (10 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

California Recovery Bureau, Inc's 10 CFPB complaints sit next to 208 Capital Holdings LLC on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

50.0% of California Recovery Bureau, Inc's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: California Recovery Bureau, Inc is volume #2,473 but composite #1,953, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 50.0%; 5 of 10 filings · 6 states touched
Spike month: 2025-04 20.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,473 volume; #1,953 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 520 places better than volume

How does California Recovery Bureau, Inc compare to its peers?

How does CALIFORNIA RECOVERY BUREAU, INC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

CALIFORNIA RECOVERY BU… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

56%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

30%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2025-04 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	6
Communication tactics	2
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against California Recovery Bureau, Inc come from?

California Recovery Bureau, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

5
Alabama

1
Arizona

1
Maryland

1
Massachusetts

1
Missouri

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for California Recovery Bureau, Inc: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 10.

4 peers

Know your rights before responding to California Recovery Bureau, Inc: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.

Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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