N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-135

Current through Session Law 2024-53
Section 75-135 - Required disclosure
(a) Prior to charging or collecting any fee or compensation from a consumer for obtaining, providing, or monitoring the consumer's credit report on behalf of the consumer, a credit monitoring service shall provide a clear and conspicuous written description of a consumer's right to one free credit report per year pursuant to section 612(a) [ 15 U.S.C. § 1681j(a) ] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, and how to obtain those credit reports from each of the nationwide consumer reporting agencies, as defined in section 603(p) [ 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(p) ] of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq.
(b) If the credit monitoring service is offered and fees are collected during a telephone call, the notice required by subsection (a) of this section will be offered in the same manner.
(c) A violation of this section is a violation of G.S. 75-1.1, except that compliance with the requirement that the notice required by this section be clear and conspicuous shall be enforced exclusively by the Attorney General under G.S. 75-15.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-135

Added by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 355,s. 7, eff. 10/1/2009.