Colorado § 5-16-102 - Scope of article.

§ 5-16-102. Scope of article.

(1) This article 16 shall apply to any collection agency, solicitor, or debt collector that has a place of business located:

(a) Within this state;

(b) Outside this state and collects or attempts to collect from consumers who reside within this state for a creditor with a place of business located within this state;

(c) Outside this state and regularly collects or attempts to collect from consumers who reside within this state for a creditor with a place of business located outside this state; or

(d) Outside this state and solicits or attempts to solicit debts for collection from a creditor with a place of business located within this state.

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1238), ch. 260, p. 1079, § 1, effective August 9.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-14-102 as it existed prior to 2017.

ANNOTATION

For purposes of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 to 1692o, if an attorney fits the definition of debt collectors found in the first sentence of § 1692a(6), they are debt collectors and therefore subject to the regulations contained in the federal act. Shapiro & Meinhold v. Zartman, 823 P.2d 120 (Colo. 1992) (decided under former law).