Texas Finance Code

§ 392.302 — HARASSMENT; ABUSE

FI § 392.302Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES · Ch. 392. DEBT COLLECTION · Art. D. PROHIBITED DEBT COLLECTION METHODS

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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.

Legislative history

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