Patenaude & Felix in Texas

Last checked: July 28, 2026

This page covers Patenaude & Felix's Texas record only. The full company record, covering every state this site verifies it in, is at Patenaude & Felix.

Patenaude & Felix is a collection law firm headquartered in San Diego, CA. It has held a Texas surety bond continuously for 23 years, and currently has an active $10,000 bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20150140), meeting the Texas Finance Code Chapter 392 requirement for third-party debt collectors. Every fact below links to its public source with the date it was last checked.

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

23 years

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

Source: direct.sos.state.tx.us · Last checked: August 24, 2026

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Verified facts about Patenaude & Felix

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	San Diego, CA	Source: pandf.us · Last checked: July 28, 2026
Company type	Collection law firm	Source: pandf.us · Last checked: July 28, 2026
Website	pandf.us
Texas surety bond history	23 years continuously bonded ActiveSoS File 20150140· filed June 26, 2015· Hartford Casualty Insurance Company· bond 20BSBHF7916 Canceled Close FileSoS File 20070163· filed July 23, 2007· canceled October 8, 2015· Developers Surety and Indemnity Company· bond 593488C Canceled Close FileSoS File 20030132· filed July 22, 2003· canceled October 5, 2007· Farmington Casualty Company· bond 00103897317	Register: direct.sos.state.tx.us · Last checked: August 24, 2026
CFPB complaints on record	368	CFPB database: consumerfinance.gov · Last checked: July 28, 2026

Common questions about Patenaude & Felix

Is Patenaude & Felix a collection agency or a law firm?

Patenaude & Felix is a law firm that collects debts, not a collection agency. A law practice that regularly collects debts is a debt collector under the federal FDCPA (Heintz v. Jenkins, 1995), and it holds the same Texas surety bond the state requires of agencies, but unlike an agency it can also file a lawsuit in its own name. This site lists collection law firms separately from agencies for that reason.

Is Patenaude & Felix licensed to collect debt in Texas?

Yes. Patenaude & Felix has an active $10,000 surety bond on file with the Texas Secretary of State (SoS File 20150140), which is the legal requirement for third-party debt collectors under Texas Finance Code Chapter 392, last checked August 24, 2026.

Does Patenaude & Felix have complaints on record?

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 368 debt-collection complaints referencing Patenaude & Felix, as of July 28, 2026. This is the total on record and links to the live CFPB database; a complaint is a record, not a verdict, and larger agencies naturally accrue more.

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