COLLECTION AGENCIES

Accelerated mortgage payment providers, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.30 to 332.303

Access to data, debt collection for state, Minn. Statutes 2017 16D.06

Accounts

Pretended purchase or assignment, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.38

Segregated accounts, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.345

Addresses

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Supplying to commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.0112

Administrative functions, transfer from consumer services section to Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.311

Appeals, licenses or registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Assignments, accounts, pretended assignment, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.38

Attorneys

Exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.32

Prohibited practices, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Representation, Minn. Statutes 2017 481.02

Audits and examinations, Commerce Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40, 332.42

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries)

Characteristics, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.0291

Relicensure, conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.34, 332.43

Collections, unreported, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Commerce Department

Powers, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Rulemaking authority, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.44

Commingling of funds, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Consumer debt

Consumer protection, trade regulations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.31 to 332.44

Notice of intent to apply for default judgment, Minn. Statutes 2017 548.101

Contempts, disclosure, failure to obey orders, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Contested cases, licenses or registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Contracts

Debt collection for state, Minn. Statutes 2017 16D.04

Delinquent taxes, collection, Minn. Statutes 2017 270C.16

Public Safety Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 161.20

Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 161.20

Conviction, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35

Costs, payment

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Receivership, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.43

Courts, costs and disbursements, collection policies and procedures, Minn. Statutes 2017 480.15

Credit services organizations, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.52

Debt collectors, see Registration under this topic

Debtors, notice received, collection letters or publications, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Definitions, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.31

Delinquent collection agencies, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.43

Disclosure

Collection letters or publications, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Court orders compelling, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Failure to disclose, contempt of court, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Documentary evidence, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Employees

Detective licenses, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2017 326.3341

Protective agent licenses, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2017 326.3341

Termination for violations, notice, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.385

Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.32

Exempt out-of-state collection agencies, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.3351

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37, 332.40

False personation, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.38

False representation, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Fees

Debt collection for state, Minn. Statutes 2017 16A.72, 16D.11, 16D.12

Depositing, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Licenses and registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Fidelity bonds, debt collection for state, Minn. Statutes 2017 16D.04

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.42

Fines, Commerce Department, imposing, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Foreign corporations, financial reports and records, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.42

Fraud, disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35

Garnishment, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Hearings, licenses or registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Injunctions

Commerce Department, issuing by, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.39

Nonprofit hospitals, Minn. Statutes 2017 604.175

Insolvency, delinquent collection agencies, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.43

Intimidation, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027, 332.33, 332.40

Liability insurance, debt collection for state, Minn. Statutes 2017 16D.04

Licenses

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Commerce Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.395, 332.40

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Denial, suspension, or revocation, Commerce Department powers, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35

Exemption, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.3351

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Ineffective, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.395

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027, 332.33, 332.40

Reciprocity, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.0292

Relicensure, conditions, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Stay of proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.34

Suspension, revocation, or rejection, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.395 to 332.41

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.35, 332.395, 332.40

Names

Prohibited practices, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Orders

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.32

Ownership, changes, notice given, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Payments by

Case deposit in lieu of surety bond, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.34

Investigation costs, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Payments to

Overpayments, failure to return, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Segregated accounts, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.345

Posting (notices), Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Publications, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Purchases, accounts, pretended purchase, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.38

Receipts, failure to issue, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Receivers, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.43

Records and record keeping

Access, Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Examinations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.42

References, license requirements, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Registration

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Commerce Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.395, 332.40

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Disqualification, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35

Exemption, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.3351

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Ineffective, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.395

Investigations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.40

Stay of proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Suspension, revocation, or rejection, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.395 to 332.41

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.35, 332.395, 332.40

Reports given

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33, 332.42

Transactions, regulated, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027

Revenue Department, debt collection, Minn. Statutes 2017 16A.72, 16D.02 to 16D.17

Savings associations, hiring, surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2017 51A.14

Screening, registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.33

Service of process by, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37, 332.40

Service of process on, procedure, Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.028

State, debts to

Court costs, Minn. Statutes 2017 480.15

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 16A.72, 16D.02 to 16D.17

Stay of proceedings, licenses or registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.41

Subpoenas, generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Telephone number, supplying to commissioner, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.0112

Telephones, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Third parties

Authority to examine, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40

Contacting debtors through, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.37

Trade regulations and consumer protection, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.31 to 332.44

Transfer of functions, consumer services section to Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.311

Violations and penalties

Debt collection laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.355

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2017 45.027, 332.37

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35, 332.395

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.35, 332.395

Witnesses, investigation, Minn. Statutes 2017 332.40