{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.9-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-14.9-6","heading":"Harassment or abuse.","body":"A debt collector may not engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt. Such conduct shall include, but not be limited to:\n(a) Using or threatening to use violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of any person;\n(b) Using obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader;\n(c) Advertising for sale of any debt to coerce payment of the debt;\n(d) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass any person at the called number; or\n(e) Except as provided in § 19-14.9-4, placing telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller’s identity.","path":["Title 19 Financial Institutions","Chapter 14.9 Rhode Island Fair Debt Collection Practices Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-14.9/19-14.9-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:14Z","sha256":"1322e360b12a70559632663e395fe9a6bcd07a9220fdcfc7d062e6c8863b2d6b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.9-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-14.9-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}