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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-601

Act, how cited; collection agency; license required; violation; penalty; foreign agency; communication authorized

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Sections 45-601 to 45-622 shall be known and may be cited as the Collection Agency Act.

No person, firm, corporation, or association shall conduct or operate a collection agency or do a collection agency business as defined in the act until he, she, or it has secured a license as provided in the act. Any person, firm, corporation, or association conducting or operating such a collection agency or doing such a collection agency business without a license shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for each day that such unlawful business is conducted. Any officer or agent of a firm, corporation, or association who personally participates in any violation of the act shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require a regular employee of a collection agency duly licensed as such in this state to procure a collection agency license.

Nothing in the act shall be construed to prohibit a person, firm, corporation, or association regulated as a collection agency in another state and residing in another state from communicating with a debtor in this state.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2003–2022 · leading case: Hage v. General Service Bureau
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Hage v. General Service Bureau (2003) ned · cites it 2× “§ 59-1617(1) (“the Consumer Protection Act shall not apply to actions or transactions otherwise permitted, prohibited, or regulated under laws administered by the Director of insurance, the Public Service Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or any other…”
Elliott v. Roberts (2022) ned · cites it 4× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-601 et seq.”6 (Filing 20 at CM/ECF pp.”
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