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Miss. Code Ann. § 81-22-19

Prohibited acts [Repealed effective July 1, 2022]

Known as the Mississippi Debt Management Services Act

The act spans §§ 81–81 (17 sections).

Laws, 2003, ch. 465, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 398, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 396, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2013, ch. 34…

A debt management service provider may not:

Purchase debt.Purchase any debt or obligation of a consumer;

Lend money.Lend money or provide credit to any consumer;

Mortgage interest.Obtain a mortgage or other security interest in property of a consumer;

Debt collector.Operate as a debt collector in this state; or

Negative amortization.Structure an agreement for the consumer that, at the conclusion of the projected term for the consumer’s participation in the debt management service agreement, would result in negative amortization of any of the consumer’s obligations to creditors.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.