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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
No credit services organization, its salespersons, agents or representatives, or any independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall (1) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full, complete and satisfactory performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer, unless such organization has obtained a surety bond in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth and has established a trust account at a federally insured bank or savings and loan association located in the commonwealth; (2) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for the referral of a buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if such extension of credit is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) make, or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading, or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be untrue or misleading, with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing or credit rating to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer has made application for an extension of credit; (4) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice or course of business intended to defraud or deceive a buyer in connection with the offer or sale of such services.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 93, § 68B - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ma/part-i-administration-of-the-government-ch-1-182/ma-gen-laws-ch-93-sect-68b/
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