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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 54 complaints

Municipal Collections Services, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 9 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Municipal Collections Services, Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record municipal-collections-services-inc Municipal Collections Services, Inc.

Grade D · 54 CFPB filings · 93% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

  • VOL 54
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 1
  • STATES 9
  • TIMELY 93%
  • DISPUTE 41%
  • ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
  • RANK #1,144
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Affiliated Collection Services, LLC (54 complaints)

Affiliated Collection Services, LLCAffiliated Collection Servic…54Bass & Associates, P.C., Attorneys at LawBass & Associates, P.C., Att…54Capital Mitigation Services, LLCCapital Mitigation Services,…54Citi Management Group, LLCCiti Management Group, LLC54Municipal Collections Services, Inc. (this)Municipal Collections Servic…54
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Municipal Collections Services, Inc.'s 54 CFPB complaints sit next to Affiliated Collection Services, 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 →

How the 54 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Municipal Collections Services, Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
51.8/100
Municipal Collections Services, 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 D
54
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
93%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate C
41%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

81.5% of Municipal Collections Services, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Illinois 81.5%
44 of 54 filings · 9 states touched
Seasonal peak
2026-01 11.7%
8–15% band · 7 filings
Corpus ranks
#1,144 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Municipal Collections Services, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Municipal Collections Services, 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
Municipal Collections Services, Inc. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
1
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
93%
96%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
41%
0%
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 Municipal Collections Services, Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 0%50%100%150% 0%10%20%30%40%50% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Municipal Collections Services, Inc. vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Municipal Collections Services, Inc.North American Asset Services, LLCCiti Management Group, LLCProtas, Spivok & Collins. LLCStephen Einstein & Associates, P.C.Bass & Associates, P.C., Attorneys at LawAffiliated Collection Services, LLCAUDIT SYSTEMS,INCAdvantage Collection Professionals, Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Municipal Collections Services, Inc.'s complaint volume in context

Municipal Collections Services, 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)

54 Top 21% higher than 79% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 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. Municipal Collections Services, Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2013-07 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
11
Attempts to collect debt not owed
9
Written notification about debt
8
Disclosure verification of debt
7
Electronic communications
6
Communication tactics
5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
3
False statements or representation
2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Improper contact or sharing of info
1

Where do complaints against Municipal Collections Services, Inc. come from?

Municipal Collections Services, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Municipal Collections Services, 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 Municipal Collections Services, 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: 54.

4 peers

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

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