Bartley & Spears, PC in Texas

Bartley & Spears, PC is a collection law firm headquartered in Houston. It has held a Texas surety bond continuously for 1 year, and currently has an active $10,000 bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20240125), meeting the Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requirement for third-party debt collectors. 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.

This is a law firm, not a collection agency. A law practice that regularly collects consumer debts is a debt collector under the federal FDCPA, and it can also file a collection lawsuit for a creditor, as the creditor's lawyer and in the creditor's name. That difference is why law firms are listed separately, on the collection law firms page, and never in the agency rankings.

1 year

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

Source: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: September 21, 2026

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Public-record facts about Bartley & Spears, PC

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	Houston	Named on: bartleyspears.com · Last checked: October 3, 2026
Company type	Collection law firm	Classified by us from: bartleyspears.com · Last checked: October 3, 2026
Debt types handled	Timeshare & HOA	Named on: bartleyspears.com · Last checked: October 3, 2026
Website	bartleyspears.com
Texas surety bond history	1 year continuously bonded Active SoS File 20240125 · filed November 1, 2024 · Hartford Casualty Insurance Company · bond 36BSBJE7086 Canceled Close File SoS File 20010080 · filed May 16, 2001 · canceled October 1, 2021 · Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America · bond 61S103555310BCM	Register: texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · Last checked: September 21, 2026 Earlier filings: read from the Secretary of State's former search, retired September 29, 2026
CFPB debt-collection complaints on record	1	CFPB database: consumerfinance.gov · Last checked: September 30, 2026

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Common questions about Bartley & Spears, PC

Is Bartley & Spears, PC a collection agency or a law firm?

Bartley & Spears, PC is a law firm that collects debts, not a collection agency. A law practice that regularly collects consumer debts is a debt collector under the federal FDCPA (Heintz v. Jenkins, 1995), and it has a Texas third-party debt collector surety bond on file with the Secretary of State; it can also file a collection lawsuit for a creditor, as the creditor’s lawyer and in the creditor’s name. This site lists collection law firms separately from agencies for that reason.

Is Bartley & Spears, PC licensed to collect debt in Texas?

Bartley & Spears, PC has an active $10,000 surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20240125), last checked September 21, 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.

What types of debt does Bartley & Spears, PC specialize in collecting?

This directory records Bartley & Spears, PC in one category that covers two kinds of work, timeshare and homeowners association collections, and does not record which of them it specializes in. A specialty is the company's own published claim; this directory verifies the public register facts, not the claim.

Does Bartley & Spears, PC have complaints on record?

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 1 debt-collection complaint referencing Bartley & Spears, PC, as of September 30, 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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