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§ 19-14-9-6 — Rhode Island Law | CourtGPT
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§ 19-14-9-6

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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: (a) Using or threatening to use violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of any person; (b) Using obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader; (c) Advertising for sale of any debt to coerce payment of the debt; (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 (e) Except as provided in § 19-14.9-4, placing telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller’s identity. History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 427, § 1.