§ 1692b. — Acquisition of location information.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1692b]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 41--CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER V--DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES
Sec. 1692b. Acquisition of location information
Any debt collector communicating with any person other than the
consumer for the purpose of acquiring location information about the
consumer shall--
(1) identify himself, state that he is confirming or correcting
location information concerning the consumer, and, only if expressly
requested, identify his employer;
(2) not state that such consumer owes any debt;
(3) not communicate with any such person more than once unless
requested to do so by such person or unless the debt collector
reasonably believes that the earlier response of such person is
erroneous or incomplete and that such person now has correct or
complete location information;
(4) not communicate by post card;
(5) not use any language or symbol on any envelope or in the
contents of any communication effected by the mails or telegram that
indicates that the debt collector is in the debt collection business
or that the communication relates to the collection of a debt; and
(6) after the debt collector knows the consumer is represented
by an attorney with regard to the subject debt and has knowledge of,
or can readily ascertain, such attorney's name and address, not
communicate with any person other than that attorney, unless the
attorney fails to respond within a reasonable period of time to
communication from the debt collector.
(Pub. L. 90-321, title VIII, Sec. 804, as added Pub. L. 95-109, Sept.
20, 1977, 91 Stat. 876.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1692c, 1692d of this title;
title 26 section 6304.
