S 584 New York Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their debt collection correspondence

Summary
Requires debt collectors to send consumers a written notice of their rights under state law along with their initial debt collection correspondence; such notice would contain information such as who and when a principal creditor may contact a debtor about the debt owed as well as the fact that a principal creditor cannot disclose information affecting a consumer debtor's reputation for creditworthiness if the principal creditor knows or has reason to know such information is false; applies to consumer rather than commercial debts.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2017
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Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2017 Last action Jan 3, 2018
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Jan 3, 2018
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
Jan 4, 2017
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
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Jose Peralta
DDemocratic
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