Written Statement Provided by Credit Services Organization

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Sec. 6. Before executing a contract or agreement with a buyer or receiving money or other valuable consideration, a credit services organization must provide the buyer with a written statement that contains the following:

(1) A complete and detailed description of the services to be performed by the credit services organization for the buyer and the total cost of the services.

(2) A statement explaining the buyer's right to proceed against the bond or surety account required under section 8 of this chapter.

(3) The name and address of the:

(A) surety company that issued a bond; or

(B) depository and the trustee of a surety account and the account number of the surety account;

required under section 8 of this chapter.

(4) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to review any file on the buyer maintained by a consumer reporting agency as provided under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).

(5) A statement that the buyer's file is available for review:

(A) at no charge at the times and under the circumstances set forth in 15 U.S.C. 1681j; and

(B) for a minimal charge at any other time as provided by 15 U.S.C. 1681j(f).

(6) A complete and accurate statement of the buyer's right to dispute the completeness or accuracy of an item contained in a file on the buyer maintained by a consumer reporting agency.

(7) A statement that accurate information cannot be permanently removed from the files of a consumer reporting agency.

(8) A complete and accurate statement indicating when consumer information becomes obsolete and when consumer reporting agencies are prevented from issuing reports containing obsolete information.

(9) A complete and accurate statement of the availability of nonprofit credit counseling services.

As added by P.L.142-1990, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.114-2010, SEC.15.


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