If any consumer owes multiple debts and makes any single payment to any debt collector with respect to such debts, such debt collector may not apply such payment to any debt that is disputed by the consumer and, where applicable, shall apply such payment in accordance with the consumer’s directions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-14.9-10
Multiple debts
Known as the Rhode Island Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
The act spans §§ 19-14.9-1 to 19-14.9-9 (14 sections).
P.L. 2007, ch. 427, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.