{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.24.090","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.24.090","heading":"License required.","body":"(a) A person other than a collection agency licensed and authorized under this chapter may not for compensation\n(1) conduct a collection agency business in this state;\n(2) collect claims for others in this state;\n(3) solicit the right to collect or receive payment of a claim for another;\n(4) advertise or solicit either in print, by letter, in person or otherwise, the right to collect or receive payment of a claim for another;\n(5) seek to make collection or obtain payment of a claim on behalf of another.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to the following when engaged in the regular course of their respective businesses:\n(1) attorneys at law;\n(2) persons regularly employed on a regular wage or salary in the capacity of credit men or a similar capacity, except as an independent contractor;\n(3) banks, including trust departments of banks, fiduciaries and financing and lending institutions;\n(4) common carriers;\n(5) title insurers and abstract companies while doing an escrow business;\n(6) licensed real estate brokers;\n(7) employees of licensees under this chapter;\n(8) substation payment offices employed by or serving as independent contractors for public utilities.\n(c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a jail for not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 24. Collection Agencies."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.24.090","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"94f0232177c4952709355bebbfbf6ff15b7c9d077f3451ba91dc18e543cc79ee","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.24.080","next":"us-ak/as-08.24.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}