Coast Dental TCPA violations settlement: $59 cash or $99 voucher
- Claim deadline
- Dec 24, 2026
- Settlement ceiling
- Up to $3,840,664
- Per person
- Up to $59
By Settlement Insight Data Desk · Reviewed by Leonard GoldbergPublished
Coast Dental’s $3.84 Million Text-Message Settlement Pays Up to $59 in Cash or a $99 Toothbrush Voucher — and a Claim Form Left Blank Gets the Voucher. The Claim Deadline Is December 24, 2026.
Does this affect you?
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The answer first: up to $59 in cash, but only if you tick the cash box
If Coast Dental texted or called your cell phone more than once in a 12-month period to get you to book an appointment — after you had replied “stop” — you are probably in this settlement, and you can file a claim at the official site until December 24, 2026. The claim form offers two choices: “up to $99.00 in a voucher which can be used to purchase an electronic toothbrush sold by Defendant” or “up to $59.00 in cash payment.” The detail that matters most is printed in capital letters right above the boxes: “IF NONE IS CHECKED (or if the selection is unclear), YOU WILL RECEIVE A VOUCHER.” The settlement agreement says the same. If you want money rather than store credit for a toothbrush, check the cash box clearly.
That answers the most common question about this case, “How much is the TCPA settlement check?” The ceiling is $59 in cash or $99 in voucher value, one claim per person, regardless of how many messages you got. The notice calls both amounts a “pro rata share of any funds available from the Settlement Fund” after attorneys’ fees, notice and administration costs and the plaintiff’s service award, so the payment can be lower than the cap. As of October 21, 2026 the court has not approved the settlement, and nobody has been paid.
Who is in the class, and how you would know
The court’s class definition is narrow. It covers “All persons within the United States who, within the four years prior to the filing of this action, (1) received more than one text message or telephone call within any 12-month period, (2) reminding and/or encouraging the scheduling of an appointment with Defendant, (3) to said person’s cellular telephone number, (4) after making a request to Defendant to not receive future solicitations by replying with a ‘stop’ or similar opt-out instruction in response to Defendant’s text message(s).” The complaint was e-filed on July 6, 2026, so by our arithmetic the window reaches back to about July 6, 2022. One stray text after a “stop” is not enough; it has to be more than one in a year.
“How do I know if I am owed money from a class action lawsuit?” Here, the most direct sign is a notice from the administrator. Analytics Consulting LLC told the court it received Coast Dental’s class data on September 14, 2026 — 15,782 phone numbers — and on September 30, 2026 emailed the notice to 12,219 people and mailed a double postcard to 3,372 more. The 420 emails that bounced were followed by postcards on October 9, 2026, and the administrator says all 15,591 people it had contact details for received notice. For 191 records it found neither an email nor a mailing address.
One number does not line up. The settlement agreement and the October 12 motion describe “approximately twenty-four thousand, three hundred class members (24,308)”, while the administrator’s data file held 15,782 phone numbers — a gap of 8,526 by our arithmetic that the filings do not explain. If you fit the definition but never got an email or postcard, you can still file; the form asks you to attest under the class definition and warns that it “may be researched and verified by the Claim Administrator.”
What to do, and the dates that decide it
To claim: file online through the “File Claim” button on CDSTCPASettlement.com, or mail the paper form to CDS TCPA Settlement, PO Box 2009, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2009. The notice says the form “must be postmarked by December 24, 2026.” It asks for your name, current address, the phone number that received the texts or call, an optional email, a current phone number, your voucher-or-cash choice and a signature. It does not ask for a Social Security number or bank details; payment goes out by mail.
To opt out or object: the deadline is October 30, 2026. An exclusion has to be a signed letter, mailed and postmarked by that date — “You cannot ask to be excluded on the phone, by email, or at the Settlement Website.” Opting out keeps your right to sue Coast Dental on your own; staying in releases those claims whether or not you file. Objections must be filed with the court and mailed to the clerk, class counsel and defense counsel by the same date.
The hearing: Judge Enriquez has set the final approval hearing for December 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in the court’s Zoom virtual courtroom; the notice warns it “may be moved to a different date or time without additional notice.” Note the order of dates: the hearing comes before the claim deadline, so you can still file after December 9.
When money could arrive: the agreement defines the Effective Date as “the day which the Court enters the Final Approval Order” and says payments go out “within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date.” If the judge signed on December 9, 2026, that would be by about February 7, 2027 — our arithmetic, not an announced date. The notice adds that payments come only after approval “and after any appeals are resolved,” and the agreement says “Checks will be valid for ninety (90) days from the date on the check.”
Is the email or postcard real?
Yes, if it points you to the official channels the court documents list. The administrator is Analytics Consulting LLC. The settlement website is CDSTCPASettlement.com; its “File Claim” button leads to a claim portal at chavianocoastdentalservices.claims-administrator.com. The phone line is 866-969-1557 (recorded answers around the clock, live operators Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central), the mailing address is PO Box 2009, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2009, and the email address on the website and claim form is CDSTCPASettlement@noticeadministrator.com. The administrator’s October 8 declaration names a different question address on the same domain, FRLTCPACase@noticeadministrator.com; use the one on the website.
Red flags: anyone asking for a fee to file, for bank or card details, or for a Social Security number — the official form asks for none of those. Remember too that the case is about Coast Dental’s own “recall” texts. A message that claims to come from Coast Dental and asks you to “confirm” an appointment in order to get settlement money is not part of this process.
What the $3.84 million really means
The headline figure is a ceiling, and it double-counts. The agreement prices it as “$59 in cash ($1,434,172.00 total available for cash claims) or $99 ($2,406,492.00 total available in voucher claims).” Those are 24,308 × $59 and 24,308 × $99 — two alternatives for the same people, added together to make $3,840,664. Fees and costs come out of the same ceiling: class counsel, Eisenband Law and Hiraldo P.A., are asking for $430,000 (11.2%), and the plaintiff for a service award of up to $7,500. And money nobody claims does not go to charity or a second round: “Any funds not claimed by the Class Members ... shall remain with Defendant.” What Coast Dental actually pays therefore depends on how many people file.
“How much should I expect from a class action settlement?” In this one, our arithmetic suggests the caps are likely to hold. Even if every one of the 24,308 class members claimed the $99 voucher ($2,406,492) and the court awarded the full fee and service award, the total would be $2,843,992, leaving $996,672 under the ceiling for notice and administration before payments would have to be cut. The administrator has not published its costs or the number of claims filed, so that is an estimate, not a promise.
The case started in federal court. CourtListener lists Chaviano v. Coast Dental Services, LLC, No. 6:25-cv-00653 in the Middle District of Florida, filed April 14, 2025 and terminated June 8, 2026; the settlement was then filed in Miami-Dade circuit court, where the complaint is dated July 6, 2026 and Judge Enriquez granted preliminary approval on August 31, 2026. Coast Dental also agreed “to adopt policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the TCPA and FTSA.”
A common search question is “Who is the owner of Coast Dental?” The court papers do not say who owns the company; the complaint describes the defendant only as “a Delaware limited liability company whose principal office is located in Tampa, Florida.” Ownership has no effect on your claim, which goes to the administrator, not to Coast Dental.
