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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-50

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Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case 166 Wash. 2d 27 - Panag v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington (2009)

Most recently applied in Mark Guthrie v. PHH Mortgage Corporation (August 2023)

1977, c. 747, s. 4; 1989, c. 770, s. 15; 2015-177, s. 1.

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The following words and terms as used in this Article shall be construed as follows:

(1) "Consumer" means any natural person who has incurred a debt or alleged debt for personal, family, household or agricultural purposes.

(2) "Debt" means any obligation owed or due or alleged to be owed or due from a consumer.

(3) "Debt collector" means any person engaging, directly or indirectly, in debt collection from a consumer except those persons subject to the provisions of Article 70, Chapter 58 of the General Statutes.

(4) "Location information" means information about a consumer's place of abode, any telephone numbers used by the consumer, and information about the consumer's place of employment.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.