N.D. Admin. Code 13-04-02-04

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 13-04-02-04 - Prohibited practices

No debt collector may:

1. Perform legal services, furnish legal advice, or falsely represent, directly or by implication, that the debt collector is an attorney.

2. Solicit assignments of claims for the purpose of suit or at the instigation of an attorney.

3. Institute judicial proceedings on behalf of other persons except on an assigned debt.

4. Communicate with debtors in the name of an attorney or upon stationery or other written matter bearing an attorney's name.

5. Make any demand for or payment of money constituting a share of compensation for services performed or to be performed by an attorney in collecting a debt.

6. Violate sections 804 through 810 of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act [ Pub. L. 90-321; 91 Stat. 876 through 880; 15 U.S.C. 1692 b through 1692h ].

N.D. Admin Code 13-04-02-04

Amended effective July 1, 1984; October 1, 1997; April 1, 2013.

General Authority: NDCC 13-05-06

Law Implemented: NDCC 13-05-06