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Tex. Fin. Code § 392.302

HARASSMENT; ABUSE

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Household Credit Services, Inc. v. Driscol (1998)

Most recently applied in Danny Robinson v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., e (July 2014)

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff

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In debt collection, a debt collector may not oppress, harass, or abuse a person by:

(1) using profane or obscene language or language intended to abuse unreasonably the hearer or reader;

(2) placing telephone calls without disclosing the name of the individual making the call and with the intent to annoy, harass, or threaten a person at the called number;

(3) causing a person to incur a long distance telephone toll, telegram fee, or other charge by a medium of communication without first disclosing the name of the person making the communication; or

(4) causing a telephone to ring repeatedly or continuously, or making repeated or continuous telephone calls, with the intent to harass a person at the called number.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.