Colorado § 5-19-204 - Registration required.
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§ 5-19-204. Registration required.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, on or after July 1, 2008, a provider may not provide debt-management services to an individual who it reasonably should know resides in this state at the time it agrees to provide the services, unless the provider is registered under this part 2.
(b) If a provider is registered under this part 2, subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an employee or agent of the provider.
(c) The administrator shall maintain and publicize a list of the names of all registered providers.
Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1238), ch. 260, p. 1141, § 4, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-14.5-204 as it existed prior to 2017.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 5-19-204 is similar to former § 12-14.5-204, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
The Uniform Debt-Management Services Act, enacted to protect consumers, is remedial in nature and, therefore, its exemptions from regulation should be applied narrowly. To fall within the nonlawyer assistant component of the legal services exemption to regulation under the Act, a person must at a minimum work for an attorney and under the attorney's supervision. Coffman v. Williamson, 2015 CO 35, 348 P.3d 929.
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Section 5-19-204 ("Registration required.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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