Kern County


8,263

lawsuits from July 2022 to November 2023

98.2%

of defendants did not have legal representation

55.3%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 150 debt collectors in Kern County, the top 10 (6.7%) are responsible for 5,195 (62.9%) of 8,263 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    676 lawsuits (8.2%)
  • Discover Bank
    666 lawsuits (8.1%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    665 lawsuits (8.0%)
  • One Main Financial Group LLC
    582 lawsuits (7.0%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    544 lawsuits (6.6%)
  • TD Bank
    531 lawsuits (6.4%)
  • Capital One
    473 lawsuits (5.7%)
  • Citibank
    391 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Credit Corp Solutions Inc
    349 lawsuits (4.2%)
  • Synchrony Bank
    318 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • Other
    3,068 lawsuits (37.1%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 583 filings, accounting for 10.0% of the filings for the year.

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Data for the Debt Collection Tracker was collected and prepared by our partners at JanuaryAdvisors.

County-level data from 2009 onward, and census tract data from 2022 onward, are available at the link below

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