2016 Delaware Code
Title 6 - Commerce and Trade
CHAPTER 24. CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
§ 2405. Registration.
(a) A credit services organization shall file a registration statement with the Secretary of State before conducting business in this State. The registration statement must contain:
(1) The name and address of the credit services organization; and
(2) The name and address of any person who directly or indirectly owns or controls 10 percent or more of the outstanding shares of stock in the credit services organization.
(b) The registration statement must also contain either:
(1) A full and complete disclosure of any litigation or unresolved complaint filed with a governmental authority of this State relating to the operation of the credit services organization; or
(2) A notarized statement that states that there has been no litigation or unresolved complaint filed with a governmental authority of this State relating to the operation of the credit services organization.
(3) The name and address of the credit services organization's agent in the State authorized to receive service of process.
(c) The credit services organization shall update the statement not later than the ninetieth day after the date on which a change in the information required in the statement occurs.
(d) Each credit services organization registering hereunder shall maintain a copy of the registration statement in the files of the credit services organization. The credit services organization shall allow a buyer to inspect the registration statement on request.
(e) The Secretary of State may charge each credit services organization that files a registration statement with the Secretary of State a reasonable fee not to exceed $100 to cover the cost of filing. The Secretary of State may not require a credit services organization to provide information other than that provided in the registration statement.
(f) The bond or surety account shall be maintained until 2 years after the date that the credit services organization ceases operations.
68 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 1.;
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