Apelles

Apelles is a debt collection agency headquartered in Columbus, OH. It has held a Texas surety bond continuously for 19 years, and currently has an active $10,000 bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20070137), meeting the Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requirement for third-party debt collectors. It has been licensed to collect in New York City continuously for 20 years, and currently holds an active Debt Collection Agency license with the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (1239496-DCA). Each fact below links to where it comes from wherever a source is on record, with the date it was last checked where a check has run.

19 years

of continuous verified Texas bond history on the Texas Secretary of State register. Apelles currently holds an active $10,000 surety bond.

Source: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: October 5, 2026

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Public-record facts about Apelles

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	Columbus, OH	Source: apellesnow.com
Company type	Third-party agency	Classified by us from: apellesnow.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026
Debt types handled	Financial Services, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Commercial	Financial Services, Retail, Government named on: apellesnow.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026 Healthcare named on: apellesnow.com · Last checked: October 10, 2026 Commercial: source: apellesnow.com
Website	apellesnow.com
Texas surety bond history	19 years continuously bonded Active SoS File 20070137 · filed June 22, 2007 · Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America · bond 775224987TX	Register: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: October 5, 2026
New York license history	20 years continuously licensed Active 1239496-DCA · filed September 20, 2006	Register: data.cityofnewyork.us · Last checked: September 29, 2026
CFPB debt-collection complaints on record	190	CFPB database: consumerfinance.gov · Last checked: October 7, 2026

How to reach Apelles safely

From Apelles's own website, read October 6, 2026. Each detail links to the page that shows it.

Call: (800) 825-4425 As shown on Apelles's own website, read October 6, 2026
(614) 899-7322 As shown on Apelles's own website, read October 6, 2026
Pay online: evokepay.com This payment site is on a different domain from Apelles's own website: evokepay.com (name taken from the address only). Apelles's own website links to it. As linked from Apelles's own website, read October 6, 2026
Write to: Contact Info PO Box 1578 Middletown, OH 45042-1578 As shown on Apelles's own website, read October 6, 2026
Dispute: Apelles's own dispute pageLinked from its website, read October 6, 2026

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Common questions about Apelles

Is Apelles licensed to collect debt in Texas?

Apelles has an active $10,000 surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20070137), last checked October 5, 2026. Texas does not issue a collection license; that bond is what Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requires of a third-party debt collector before it collects consumer debts.

Is Apelles licensed to collect debt in New York City?

Yes. Apelles holds an active Debt Collection Agency license with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (license 1239496-DCA), last checked September 29, 2026. New York City requires this license of any business whose principal purpose is collecting personal or household debts from NYC residents, wherever the business itself is based.

Does Apelles have complaints on record?

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 190 debt-collection complaints referencing Apelles, as of October 7, 2026. This counts debt-collection complaints only, all years, not every complaint the Bureau holds about the company; the profile links the same search on the live CFPB database; a complaint is a record, not a verdict, and the CFPB says its database is not a statistical sample of consumers’ experiences.

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