Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Texas

calls from bill collectors

If I tell a bill collector to contact me only by mail do they have to abide by my request?


Asked on 12/19/06, 12:21 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sharon Campbell Sharon K. Campbell

Re: calls from bill collectors

Yes. I would send the request in a letter, certified mail, return receipt requested. If they call after you can prove they have received your letter, it is a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation if it is a third party debt collector, a Texas Debt Collection Practice Act violation if it is the original creditor.

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Answered on 12/19/06, 1:49 pm


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