These library resources contain information about responding to a credit card lawsuit:

• Win Your Lawsuit (Nolo Press), Self-Help Collection (SHC KFC968 W56 and online in Legal Information Reference Center, click here). See Chapter 8 “Lawsuits from the Defendant’s Point of View”
• California Debt Collection Practice (CEB), Main Reading Room (RR KFC256.C6 D39 1999) or electronically on the law library computers using CEB OnLaw. See Chapter 4 “Representing the Debtor Before Judgment”
• Collection Actions: Defending Consumers & Their Assets (National Consumer Law Center), Self-Help Collection or electronically on the law library computers using  consumer law center database

Helpful Websites

• To find information online about credit card lawsuits, you can start at the Collection of Credit Card Debt section of the California Courts Online Self-Help Center, click here.
• More information about being sued by a credit card company as well as instructions for filling out the forms and a step-by-step guide walking you through the process can be found on the Sacramento County Public Law Library’s website, click here.