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Debt Collection

• Answering Your Questions About Debt Collection (Coalition of WI Aging Groups)
• Business Debt Collection (Nolo.com)
• Collection of Decedents’ Debts in Wisconsin (Badgerlaw.net)
• Complaints
  • Debt Collection (WI Dept. of Financial Institutions)
    FAQ on your rights and responsibilities. Includes contact information.
    • File a Complaint
  • Debt Collection (Federal Trade Commission)
    Explains your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
    • File a Complaint
• Ceasing Communications (Federal Trade Commission)
  Sample letter to collection agencies requesting a stop to contacting the debtor at a place of work.
• Checks Marked as Payment in Full (WI Dept. of Financial Institutions)
  Discusses legal standing of a "paid in full" statement.
• Debt & Collection Agencies (Nolo.com)
• Debt Collection Practices: Consumers' Rights in Wisconsin (Badgerlaw.net)
• Debt Collection Practices: When Hardball Tactics Go Too Far (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)
• Debts and Deceased Relatives (Federal Trade Commission)
• Exemptions in Collections Actions in Wisconsin (Badgerlaw.net)
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Federal Trade Commission)
  Includes the text of the law, opinions, news, and information for consumers.
• State Debt Collection Program (WI Dept. of Revenue)
  Program allowing Wisconsin state agencies to partner with the Department of Revenue in collecting debt.
• Time-Barred Debts (Federal Trade Commission)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 71.93 "Setoffs for Other State Agencies"
• WI Statutes: s. 100.54 "Access to Credit Reports"
• WI Statutes: s. 218.04 "Collection Agencies" 
• WI Statutes: ch. 425 "Consumer Transactions: Remedies and Penalties"
• WI Statutes: ch. 427 "Consumer Transactions – Debt Collection"
• WI Statutes:  s. 428.2095 "Property Exempt from Debt Collection"
• WI Statutes: ch. 811 "Attachment"
• WI Statutes: s. 893.43 "Action on Contract"
• WI Admin. Code: DFI-Bkg 74 "Collection Agencies"
• U.S. Code: 15 USC s.1692-1692o "Debt Collection Practices"

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Last Updated: December 14, 2012 | Up to Top