Tex. Finance Code § 392.302: HARASSMENT; ABUSE.
Where this section sits in the code
- FINANCE CODE
- TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
- CHAPTER 392. DEBT COLLECTION
- SUBCHAPTER D. PROHIBITED DEBT COLLECTION METHODS
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.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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