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[CITE: 15USC1692o]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 41--CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER V--DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES
 
Sec. 1692o. Exemption for State regulation

    The Commission shall by regulation exempt from the requirements of 
this subchapter any class of debt collection practices within any State 
if the Commission determines that under the law of that State that class 
of debt collection practices is subject to requirements substantially 
similar to those imposed by this subchapter, and that there is adequate 
provision for enforcement.

(Pub. L. 90-321, title VIII, Sec. 817, as added Pub. L. 95-109, Sept. 
20, 1977, 91 Stat. 883.)