New Jersey § 56:11-34
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§ 56:11-34.
Every consumer reporting agency shall, upon request and proper identification of any
consumer, clearly and accurately disclose to the consumer: a. All information in the consumer's file at the time of the request. b. The sources of the information; except that the sources of information acquired
solely for use in preparing an investigative consumer report and actually used for
no other purpose need not be disclosed: provided, that if an action is brought under
this act or the federal “Fair Credit Reporting Act,” such sources shall be available
to the plaintiff under appropriate discovery procedures in the court in which the
action is brought. c. (1) The identification of each person, including each end-user identified under
subsections d. and e. of section 5 of this act, who procured a consumer report: (a) for employment purposes, during the two-year period preceding the date on which
the request is made; or (b) for any other purpose, during the one-year period preceding the date on which
the request is made. (2) An identification of a person under paragraph (1) shall include: (a) the name of the person, or, if applicable, the trade name written in full under
which the person conducts business; and (b) upon request of the consumer, the address and telephone number of the person. d. The dates, original payees, and amounts of any checks upon which is based any adverse
characterization of the consumer, included in the file at the time of the disclosure. e. A record of all inquiries received by the agency during the one-year period preceding
the request that identified the consumer in connection with a credit or insurance
transaction that was not initiated by the consumer. A reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide
basis shall make the information subject to disclosure pursuant to this section available
to a consumer upon the consumer's request in Spanish or any other language that the
Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs determines is the first language of a
significant number of consumers in the State. This determination shall be, at the discretion of the director, based on the numerical
percentages of all consumers in the State for whom English or Spanish is not a first
language or in a manner consistent with any regulations promulgated by the director
for this purpose. The director shall require that the information is made available in at least the
10 languages other than English and Spanish that are most frequently spoken as a first
language by consumers in this State. A reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide
basis shall provide notice, in any language as determined by the director, on its
Internet website in a clear and conspicuous location, of the availability of information
subject to disclosure pursuant to this section in languages other than English. As used in this section, “ reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis ” means a consumer reporting agency that regularly engages in the practice of assembling
or evaluating, and maintaining, for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to
third parties bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit
capacity, each of the following regarding consumers residing nationwide: (1) Public record information; and (2) Credit account information from persons who furnish that information regularly
and in the ordinary course of business.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 56:11-34
What does New Jersey Statutes § 56:11-34 cover?
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