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- FAIR DEBT COLLECTION
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- Provided By
- Charley Brown's Office
- Attorney General
- Consumer Protection Division
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- Complaints about harrassment by debt collectors are among
- the most numerous complaints received by my Consumer Protection
- Division. There are both federal and state laws to protect you
- from unfair debt collection practices.
- A debt collector may contact you in person, in writing, or
- by phone. However, a debt collector may not contact you at
- inconvenient or unusual times or at work if your employer
- disapproves.
- You may stop a collection agency from contacting you by
- writing a letter telling them to stop. Once they receive this
- letter, they may not contact you again.
- No debt collector may threaten you with criminal prosecution
- to scare you into paying a bill. A collection agency cannot sue
- you, garnish your wages, or seize collateral on it's own.
- Collection agencies cannot use obscene language or make
- false statements when collecting a debt. In most cases, the
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- collector is not allowed to tell anyone other than you or your
- attorney that you owe money.
- If you should encounter problems with a debt collection
- agency, please contact my Consumer Protection Agency, toll free
- in West Virginia, at 1-800-368-8808.
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