Debt Collection Law
Accurint
The website Accurint can locate almost anyone, find deep background and historical information, and shorten research time and costs. Accurint provides aliases, historical addresses, relatives, associates, neighbors, assets, and more. Used by lawyers, insurance professionals, law enforcement agencies with the latest cutting-edge technology, this site helps conduct searches much more cost-effectively than any other alternative.
URL: http://www.accurint.com/
Advertising and Marketing on the Internet Rules of the Road
The article Advertising and Marketing on the Internet: The Rules of the Road details the Federal Trade Commission Act, which gives the FTC the tools it needs to act in the interest of all consumers to prevent deceptive and unfair acts or practices.
URL: http://law.freeadvice.com/resources/gov_material/ftc_marketing_advertising_on_internet_4_98.htm
Amendments to Fair Credit Reporting Act - Texas
Find the Amendments to Fair Credit Reporting Act of Texas.
URL: http://www.trec.state.tx.us/complaintsconsumer/fcra.asp
Annual Credit Report.com
The Annual Credit Report central site allows the user to request a free credit file disclosure (credit report) annually from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
URL: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
Attorney General for the State of Texas Consumer Protection Information
On behalf of the State of Texas and the public good, the Attorney General protects consumers and the legitimate business community by filing civil lawsuits under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other consumer protection statutes.
URL: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/index.shtml
AnyWho Directory
The AnyWho Directory helps find telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, toll free numbers, and addresss.
URL: http://www.anywho.com/
Bankruptcy and Debt Collection Law
Lawmoose introduces a collection of legislation, articles and other resources regarding Bankruptcy and Debt Collection Law.
URL: http://www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/311.htm
Bankruptcy, Debtor & Collector Message Board
From Lawyers.com, use the Bankruptcy, Debtor & Collector discussions to find literally thousands of topics on issues concerning bankruptcy, debtors, and collectors.
URL: http://community.lawyers.com/forums/
Collecting Business Debts
From Lawyers.com, a collective of Collecting Business Debts by Sherrie Bennett.
URL: http://bankruptcy.lawyers.com/commercial-bankruptcy/Collecting-Business-Debts.html?site=468
Cemetery Records Online
Intermet.net brings Cemetery Records Online, listing millions of records from thousands cemeteries throughout the world. Searchable by sir name or specific cemetery. Includes an RSS Feed.
URL: http://www.interment.net/
ChoicePoint
ChoicePointOnline Public Records. ChoicePoint is the leading provider of identification and credential verification services for making smarter decisions in today's fast-paced world. The Company serves the information needs of insurance, business, government and individual customers, including Fortune 1000 corporations, asset-based lenders and professional service providers, and federal, state and local governments.
URL: http://www.choicepoint.com/
Consumer Affairs
Consumer Affairs section on Debt - how to protect yourself against abusive and unfair debt collection practices.
URL: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/debt/debt_collection.htm
Consumer Law-Federal Credit Law FAQ
Consumer Law-Federal Credit Law FAQ contains frequently asked questions on Federal Credit Law with major topics such as Fair Credit Reporting Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act .
URL: http://bankruptcy.lawyers.com/Consumer-Law--Federal-Credit-Law-FAQ.html
Credit Repair Scams and Fraud
Credit Repair Scams compiled information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Better Business Bureaus (BBB) and other sources to explain how you can improve your credit worthiness and lists legitimate resources for low or no-cost help.
URL: http://www.credit-repair-scams.com/
Debt and Bankruptcy in Texas
Lawyers.com's Bankruptcy in Texas explains how bankruptcy works and how to avoid problems with filing and consequential losses. Simple layout basics of what bankruptcy does and does not do as well as an exhaustive listing of resources on bankruptcy and debt collection.
URL: http://research.lawyers.com/Texas/Bankruptcy-In-Texas.html
DNS411
The Universal Domain Name Search tool searches all available domain registries, including country codes, new top-level domains, interNIC handles and IP number block assignments. You can also use it to convert a numerical address to its domain name.
URL: http://dns411.com/
DocuSearch
Docusearch is a provider of on-line investigative solutions including detailed personal and company information and asset search. Once an assignment is complete, Docusearch sends an email alert that results have been posted in a secure, password protected client area.
URL: http://www.docusearch.com/
Debt Management Services - Financial Management Service from the US Department of Treasury
Debt Management Services is designed to improve the quality of the federal government's financial management by increasing the collection of delinquent debt owed to the government, by providing debt management services to all federal agencies, and by protecting the financial interests of the American taxpayer.
URL: http://www.fms.treas.gov/debt/
Fair Debt Collection FAQ from Consumer Law
Fair Debt Collection is a Q&A from Consumer Law that covers all aspects of financial debt collection, payments, violations and practices.
URL: http://bankruptcy.lawyers.com/Consumer-Law--Fair-Debt-Collection-FAQ.html
Fed Law
FedLaw hosts thousands of links to a variety of legal and regulatory sources, including federal laws, rules, and regulations; judicial decisions; some state laws; sources relating to arbitration and mediation; general research and reference sources; professional associations; and law related how - to locations.
URL: http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm
Federal Student Aid Collections
Federal Student Aid Collections is a collections guide and student loan solutions site.
URL: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/DCS/index.html
Free Advice - Consumer Rights
Free Advice - Creditor's Rights is an online resource with topics such as Bankruptcy Law, Collections and Credit Problems.
URL: http://bankruptcy-law.freeadvice.com/creditor_rights/
Global Telephone Search Engine
Embassy World brings the Global Telephone Search Engine based on placing international calls from international locations. Gives calling codes and instructions and allows you to search every on-line telephone directory in the world. Find lots of other useful travel information on this site such as embassy locations, voltages and more.
URL: http://www.embassyworld.com/directories/global_telephone.html
Inside ARM (Accounts Receivable Management)
Formerly Collection Industry
InsideARM is the accounts receivable management industry's premier destination for news, information, research and other resources.
URL: http://www.insidearm.com/
Internet Archive Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine offers access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. From the legal perspective, it might be a good way to track down information that was on the web but is no more.
URL: http://www.archive.org/
iTools Search
At iTools.com find a collection of search tools arranged in six categories: language, library, geography, financial, shipping and mailing, and Internet. This site is both useful and fun, you can even find the birthdays or quotes of famous people.
URL: http://www.itools.com/
LII's US Code - Collection
Legal Information Institute's US CODE for Debt Collection is the online layout of § 1692. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
URL: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/1692.html
Lawyers.com - Creditor's Rights
Lawyers.com section on Creditor's Rights contains detailed explanation of creditor's rights, covering specific definitions of secure and unsecure debt, default, and various other personal specifics.
URL: http://debtor-creditor.lawyers.com/creditors-rights/Creditors-Legal-Rights.html?site=468
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner
The Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner regulates the credit industry and educates consumers and creditors.
URL: http://www.occc.state.tx.us/
Public Data
PublicData.com provides quick, accurate, and complete access to all public records, to all members of the public.
The databases include Criminal, Drivers license, Civil Court, Voter, Professional License, and Sex Offender which is a free search. All are searchable by one or more of the following, State, Name, DOB, DL#, or SS#. The Professional area has emphisis on TX Alcoholic Beverage, TX Medical Examiner, TX Misc, and TX Realestate Licenses. The FAA and Federal Databases are also available,which are both broken down into various departments. PublicData.com has accounts for both individual users and corporate users. To set up an individual account a user must have a valid driver's license. A corporate account can be set up using a business name instead of a personal driver's license number.
URL: http://www.publicdata.com/
Skipease
Skipease is a fast, free skiptracing and collections platform for legal and layman research.
URL: http://www.skipease.com/
Switchboard Find a Person
Switchboard is a digital directory designed to locate individuals or businesses.
URL: http://www.switchboard.com/
TaxNet USA - Property Record Searches
Tax Net USA is a comprehensive online source of property tax information. It hosts websites for many Texas County Appraisal Districts, which make information available to search by name, address or account number, many available at no charge.
URL: http://www.taxnetusa.com/
U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
US Government Documents Ready Reference Collection from Columbia University Libraries lists the most frequently accessed government documents covering numerous subjects.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/rref/index.html
USPS National Customer Support Center (NCSC) Address Information and Zip Code Lookup
The USPS National Customer Support Center (NCSC) provides a list of address informations services. Search for change of address, use Zip Code lookup, find address management services and more.
URL: http://www.usps.com/ncsc/
Vital Records Information
Vital Records offers information on where to obtain vital records from anywhere in the U.S. It lists sources for each state, territory and county, and most cities and towns, along with contact, fee and ordering information. For records outside the U.S., the site list links to foreign vital records sites.
URL: http://www.vitalrec.com/
