{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-332.38","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 332.38","heading":"APPLICATION IN CASE OF PRETENDED PURCHASE, ASSIGNMENT OR USE OF A FICTITIOUS NAME.","body":"The provisions of sections 332.31 to 332.44 shall apply to any person who, by any device, subterfuge or pretense, makes a pretended purchase or takes a pretended assignment of accounts from another for the purpose of evading provisions of sections 332.31 to 332.44, or, uses a fictitious name or any name other than the person's own name which would indicate to the debtor that a third person is collecting or attempting to collect such account or claim.","path":["TRADE REGULATIONS, CONSUMER PROTECTION","CHAPTER 332. COLLECTION, CREDIT SERVICES","COLLECTION AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/332.38","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:42Z","sha256":"b439bbf80ad1e0c990e49bbd40e54fe9397bc9a11dac141a8c1a9e13f39a5981","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-332.37","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-332.385"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}