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[CITE: 15USC1692j]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 41--CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER V--DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES
 
Sec. 1692j. Furnishing certain deceptive forms

    (a) It is unlawful to design, compile, and furnish any form knowing 
that such form would be used to create the false belief in a consumer 
that a person other than the creditor of such consumer is participating 
in the collection of or in an attempt to collect a debt such consumer 
allegedly owes such creditor, when in fact such person is not so 
participating.
    (b) Any person who violates this section shall be liable to the same 
extent and in the same manner as a debt collector is liable under 
section 1692k of this title for failure to comply with a provision of 
this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90-321, title VIII, Sec. 812, as added Pub. L. 95-109, Sept. 
20, 1977, 91 Stat. 880.)