Alaska Statutes Title 08, Chapter 08.24 - Collection Agencies

• Sec. 08.24.010 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.011 Collection Agency Board. [Repealed, Sec. 16 Ch 6 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.016 Transportation and Per Diem. [Repealed, Sec. 1 Ch 165 Sla 1970].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.020 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.021 Appointment and Term of Office. [Repealed, Sec. 16 Ch 6 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.030 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.031 Regulations. [Repealed, Sec. 16 Ch 6 Sla 1984].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.040 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.041 Duty to Enforce Chapter.
  The department shall enforce all laws and regulations relating to collection agencies.
• Sec. 08.24.045 Duty to Pass Upon Qualifications.
  The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall pass upon the qualifications of applicants for collection agency licenses and operators licenses.
• Sec. 08.24.050 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.051 Power to Seek Injunctions.
  The department may apply to the superior court for an injunction to temporarily restrain a violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under...
• Sec. 08.24.060 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.061 Publication of Applicable Law.
  The department shall reproduce the laws relating to licensing of collection agencies and operators, the regulations adopted by the department and other pertinent matter,...
• Sec. 08.24.070 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.071 Directory of Licensed Agencies. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 6 Sla 1998].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.080 [Repealed, Sec. 3 Ch 101 Sla 1968].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.090 License Required.
  (a) A person other than a collection agency licensed and authorized under this chapter may not for compensation(1) conduct a collection agency business in...
• Sec. 08.24.100 Licensed Operator Required; Exceptions; Renewal.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a licensee may not engage in the collection agency business unless and until the collection agency...
• Sec. 08.24.110 Qualification for Operator's License.
  (a) To qualify for an operator's license, the applicant shall(1) be a high school graduate, or have the equivalent education of a high school...
• Sec. 08.24.120 Application for Operator's License.
  (a) An application for an operator's license shall be made on forms furnished by the department and must contain the information required in AS...
• Sec. 08.24.130 Application for Agency License.
  (a) An application for a collection agency license or for a renewal of a license shall be made upon forms furnished by the department...
• Sec. 08.24.135 Fees.
  The department shall set fees for licenses and applications under AS 08.01.065 and shall set delayed renewal penalties under AS 08.01.100.
• Sec. 08.24.140 Fee, Bond, and Other Material.
  (a) The application must be accompanied by(1) if it is an original application, the application fee;(2) the biennial license fee for a collection agency...
• Sec. 08.24.150 Bond.
  (a) The bond provided for in AS 08.24.140 shall be in the sum of $5,000, executed by the applicant, as principal, and by a...
• Sec. 08.24.160 Form of Bond.
  The bond required by AS 08.24.140 and 08.24.150 shall be in the form substantially as follows: BOND Know all Men by These Presents that...
• Sec. 08.24.170 Return of Fees and Bond.
  If the department does not issue the license applied for, the license fee and bond shall be returned. The application fee may not be
• Sec. 08.24.180 Persons Presently Engaged in Collection Business. [Repealed, Sec. 62 Ch 21 Sla 1991].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.190 License Not Assignable; Death of Licensee.
  (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a license granted under this chapter is a personal privilege and is not assignable.(b) Upon...
• Sec. 08.24.200 Expiration and Renewal.
  (a) All licenses required by this chapter shall expire on June 30, 1970, and June 30 of each second year thereafter and shall be...
• Sec. 08.24.210 Annual Statement of Collection.
  Each collection agency licensee shall, not later than January 31 of each calendar year, file with the department a verified annual statement for the...
• Sec. 08.24.220 Semiannual Statement of Employees. [Repealed, Sec. 19 Ch 6 Sla 1998].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 08.24.230 False Declarations in Statement.
  The wilful making of a false declaration in the annual statement or biennial statement of employees constitutes sufficient grounds for revocation of the license...
• Sec. 08.24.240 Failure to File Statement.
  If the annual statement of collection is not filed as required under AS 08.24.210 , the failure to file constitutes grounds for the immediate...
• Sec. 08.24.250 Information Confidential.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, information in whatever form required to be filed by the terms of AS 08.24.210 shall be confidential...
• Sec. 08.24.260 Investigations.
  The department may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the sworn complaint in writing of a customer of a collection agency, investigate the...
• Sec. 08.24.270 Administrative Procedure Act.
  The department shall comply with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) both as to adoption of regulations and adjudication.
• Sec. 08.24.280 Records and Funds.
  (a) A collection agency shall keep a record of all sums collected by it, and of all disbursements made by it, and shall maintain...
• Sec. 08.24.290 Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew or Grant a License or Certificate.
  The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or grant a license issued or applied for under this chapter if the licensee or...
• Sec. 08.24.300 Court Action by Agency.
  A collection agency is not entitled to maintain a suit or action involving the collection of money on behalf of its customers in a...
• Sec. 08.24.310 Additional Business Names.
  A collection agency using a business name other than the one appearing on the application for its license shall secure a separate license and...
• Sec. 08.24.320 Documents Which Imitate Judicial Process.
  Forms of demand or notice or other documents drawn to resemble court process may not be used by collection agencies in the collection of...
• Sec. 08.24.330 Duty to Maintain a Public Office.
  Each collection agency shall maintain its principal office and any branch office at a street address that is stated in its original application for...
• Sec. 08.24.340 Statement of Persons Employed by Agency.
  (a) Within 15 days after licensure under this chapter, a collection agency shall submit to the department a list of all persons employed by...
• Sec. 08.24.350 Notice of Withdrawal of Employees.
  When an employee withdraws from employment or the employee's employment with a collection agency is terminated for any reason, the agency shall, within 15...
• Sec. 08.24.360 Fines and Penalties.
  A collection agency or an operator who fails on written demand to render a true and complete account to the person from whom an...
• Sec. 08.24.370 Nonresidents.
  A nonresident may apply for and receive a collection agency license or an operator license or both on the same basis as a resident....
• Sec. 08.24.380 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "collection agency" means a person licensed and authorized to engage in the collection agency business;(2) "collection agency business" means the business...

Last modified: November 15, 2016