What is the most common complaint against Lien Enforcement Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Lien Enforcement Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 136 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lien Enforcement Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lien Enforcement Inc have been stable. The company received 27 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Lien Enforcement Inc's reputation grade?

Lien Enforcement Inc has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lien Enforcement Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Lien Enforcement Inc has a 91% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 25% of cases.

In how many states does Lien Enforcement Inc operate?

Lien Enforcement Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 9 states, with the most complaints from California (118 complaints).

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

Lien Enforcement Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 9 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

57
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

21
Written notification about debt

14
Communication tactics

9
False statements or representation

6

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lien-enforcement-inc Lien Enforcement Inc

Grade D · 136 CFPB filings · 91% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #696 · compose #3768

VOL 136
GRADE D
12MO 27
STATES 9
TIMELY 91%
DISPUTE 25%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #696
COMPOSE #3,768

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Diaz & Associates, Inc. (136 complaints)

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

Lien Enforcement Inc's 136 CFPB complaints sit next to Diaz & Associates, 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

86.8% of Lien Enforcement Inc's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Lien Enforcement Inc is volume #696 but composite #3,768, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 86.8%; 118 of 136 filings · 9 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2022-03 8.8%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #696 volume; #3,768 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,072 places worse than volume

How does Lien Enforcement Inc compare to its peers?

How does Lien Enforcement 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

Lien Enforcement Inc National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

91%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

25%

21%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-01 2025-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	57
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	21
Written notification about debt	14
Communication tactics	9
False statements or representation	6
Disclosure verification of debt	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Lien Enforcement Inc come from?

Lien Enforcement Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

118
Texas

7
Arizona

1
Florida

1
Georgia

1
Idaho

1
Kentucky

1
Nevada

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lien Enforcement 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: 136.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.12903225806451%.

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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