What is the most common complaint against Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc?

The most common issue consumers report about Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Sued w/o proper notification of suit". This is based on 2 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc's reputation grade?

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc has a reputation grade of A (score: 74.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc respond to consumer complaints?

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc operate?

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from California (2 complaints).

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

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade A.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1
Taking/threatening an illegal action

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record coastal-law-firm-aplc Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc

Grade A · 2 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #3992 · compose #902

VOL 2
GRADE A
12MO 0
STATES 1
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #3,992
COMPOSE #902

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1 Auto Finance, Inc. (2 complaints)

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

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc's 2 CFPB complaints sit next to 1 Auto Finance, Inc. 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

100.0% of Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc is volume #3,992 but composite #902, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 100.0%; 2 of 2 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2025-07 66.7%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,992 volume; #902 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,090 places better than volume

How does Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc compare to its peers?

How does COASTAL LAW FIRM, APLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

COASTAL LAW FIRM, APLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-10 2025-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc come from?

Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Coastal LAW Firm, Aplc: 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: 2.

4 peers

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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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