Maryland Notice letter to debt collector of Section 806 violation - harassment

• Category: Collections - Fair Debt Practices Act
• State: Multi-State
• Control #: US-DCPA-18
• Format: Word; Rich Text

Description

Use this form to notify a debt collector they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Receiving notice from a consumer makes it more likely a debt collector will comply with the FDCPA. If they don't comply after receiving notice, your notice letter may help prove that their actions were intentional.

A debt collector may not harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt.

Examples include:

Using threats (including implied threats), violence, or other criminal means to harm anyones reputation, property, or physical person.

Using obscene or profane language or language likely to abuse the hearer or reader. Such language includes abusive language includes religious slurs, profanity, obscenity, calling the consumer a liar or a deadbeat, and the use of racial or sexual epithets.

Posing a lengthy series of questions or comments to the consumer without giving the consumer a chance to reply.

Leaving telephone messages with neighbors when the debt collector knows the consumer's name and telephone number and could have contacted the consumer directly.

Publishing a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts except to a credit reporting agency as permitted by law.

Advertising the sale of any debt to coerce payment. A debt collector may not shame a consumer into paying their debt by publicizing it.

Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass any person at the called number.

Placing telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity.

Use this form to get a debt collector to stop harassing, opressing, or abusing you.

This form also also includes follow-up letters containing a warning that the debt collector may face going to court if they continue engaging in behavior that violates the FDCPA.

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