Section 807 - False or misleading representations
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
provision of law
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gptkbp:appliesTo |
debt collectors
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gptkbp:codifiedIn |
gptkb:15_U.S.C._§_1692e
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gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1977
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy |
gptkb:Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Section 807 - False or misleading representations
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Fair_Debt_Collection_Practices_Act
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gptkbp:prohibits |
threatening to take any action that cannot legally be taken or that is not intended to be taken
falsely representing or implying that nonpayment of any debt will result in seizure, garnishment, attachment, or sale of any property or wages unless such action is lawful and the debt collector or creditor intends to take such action falsely representing or implying that accounts have been turned over to innocent purchasers for value falsely representing or implying that documents are legal process communicating or threatening to communicate to any person credit information which is known or which should be known to be false use of any business, company, or organization name other than the true name of the debt collector's business, company, or organization falsely representing or implying that nonpayment of any debt will result in arrest or imprisonment falsely representing or implying that the consumer committed any crime use of any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt falsely representing the character, amount, or legal status of any debt use of any false representation or deceptive means to collect or attempt to collect any debt or to obtain information concerning a consumer |
gptkbp:section |
807
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Title_VIII_of_the_Consumer_Credit_Protection_Act
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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