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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 136 complaints

Lien Enforcement Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 9 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Lien Enforcement Inc

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 136
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 27
  • STATES 9
  • TIMELY 91%
  • DISPUTE 25%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #696
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

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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 →

How the 136 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Lien Enforcement Inc, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
52.7/100
Lien Enforcement Inc

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume F
136
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
91%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate B
25%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend C
Stable
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

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

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. 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
Corpus ranks
#696 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

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
27
13
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
91%
99%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
25%
21%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Lien Enforcement Inc a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 70%80%90%100%110% 0%20%40%60%80% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Lien Enforcement Inc vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Lien Enforcement IncDiaz & Associates, Inc.Mutual Management Services LLCS&S Physician Services, Inc.All State Credit Bureau, Inc.Americas Car-Mart, Inc.Receivables Outsourcing, Inc.Med-1 Solutions, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Lien Enforcement Inc's complaint volume in context

Lien Enforcement Inc vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

136 Top 13% higher than 87% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Below this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). This entry sits in this band. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Lien Enforcement Inc 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Stable →
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.

Top states by complaints against Lien Enforcement Inc

Across 9 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

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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