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Please check this page frequently for the latest in news that affects you as a consumer.  We also have several free legal forms on our Free Legal Forms page that help with Consumer problems.  
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Interactive Legal Forms for Kansas District Courts: Provided by Kansas Legal Services Kansas Legal Services provides forms as a service to low income Kansans. Forms are easy to use and interactive. They will ask you easy-to-answer questions and will auto fill documents you need for filing or responding to legal actions in Kansas district courts based on your answers Watch this short video about Kansas Legal Services free online legal forms.
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What To Do When a Collector Calls
This client-focused handout contains information and tips about how to handle a call from a collector or someone collecting a debt on another's behalf. Here are two helpful videos on dealing with debt collection, and how to talk with a debt collector.  
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Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes as borrowers plead for help
A powerful set of financial firms have delayed federal investigations or punishments into their allegedly predatory lending practices, as they seize on an industry-led lawsuit challenging the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. By Tony Romm, October 28  Washington Post
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Credit Report Dispute Letter
Your credit score is a tool businesses use to measure your creditworthiness - how likely it is that you will repay a loan.  Equifax, Experian and Transunion each compile a report of your credit  history to determine your credit score.  Occassionally, there will be errors in your credit history that will adversely effect your credit score and your ability to borrow money. 
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Stop Contact Letter
The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act is a federal law that requires collection agencies to stop contacting you if you send them a letter stating that you wish to stop contact.  Complete the interview in the link below to create this letter.  Stop Contact Letter Interview Creditors still have the option of pursuing legal action against you.  This will not make your debt go away. 
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Returning to an interview you started but didn't complete
This page will help you in returning to an interview you start in Law Help Interactive for a legal form.
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Returning to or Finding Your Completed Online Documents
These instructions are designed to assist users of online forms created through Law Help Interactive and the Kansas Legal Services online forms project.
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Chapter 61 answer
The instructions for filing an answer in a Chapter 61 Limited Action case are listed below.  There is a link to an interactive form at the bottom of this page that will create your Chapter 61 answer. Please read the instructions carefully before filing your answer with the court.   Instructions for Filing an Answer in a Limited Action case 1. Do NOT file the first 3 instruction pages with the Court.
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Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers
Seven years ago, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses, a report detailing the harmful mistakes that criminal background screening companies routinely make. Since then, advocates have litigated many class action and individual lawsuits against these companies for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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ConsumerDebt and Debt CollectionFree Legal FormsClear All Filters
Consumer
Please check this page frequently for the latest in news that affects you as a consumer.  We also have several free legal forms on our Free Legal Forms page that help with Consumer problems.  
Consumer
Free Legal Forms
Interactive Legal Forms for Kansas District Courts: Provided by Kansas Legal Services Kansas Legal Services provides forms as a service to low income Kansans. Forms are easy to use and interactive. They will ask you easy-to-answer questions and will auto fill documents you need for filing or responding to legal actions in Kansas district courts based on your answers Watch this short video about Kansas Legal Services free online legal forms.
Free Legal Forms
What To Do When a Collector Calls
This client-focused handout contains information and tips about how to handle a call from a collector or someone collecting a debt on another's behalf. Here are two helpful videos on dealing with debt collection, and how to talk with a debt collector.  
Debt and Debt Collection
Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes as borrowers plead for help
A powerful set of financial firms have delayed federal investigations or punishments into their allegedly predatory lending practices, as they seize on an industry-led lawsuit challenging the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. By Tony Romm, October 28  Washington Post
Consumer
Credit Report Dispute Letter
Your credit score is a tool businesses use to measure your creditworthiness - how likely it is that you will repay a loan.  Equifax, Experian and Transunion each compile a report of your credit  history to determine your credit score.  Occassionally, there will be errors in your credit history that will adversely effect your credit score and your ability to borrow money. 
Debt and Debt Collection
Stop Contact Letter
The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act is a federal law that requires collection agencies to stop contacting you if you send them a letter stating that you wish to stop contact.  Complete the interview in the link below to create this letter.  Stop Contact Letter Interview Creditors still have the option of pursuing legal action against you.  This will not make your debt go away. 
Debt and Debt Collection
Returning to an interview you started but didn't complete
This page will help you in returning to an interview you start in Law Help Interactive for a legal form.
Free Legal Forms
Returning to or Finding Your Completed Online Documents
These instructions are designed to assist users of online forms created through Law Help Interactive and the Kansas Legal Services online forms project.
Free Legal Forms
Chapter 61 answer
The instructions for filing an answer in a Chapter 61 Limited Action case are listed below.  There is a link to an interactive form at the bottom of this page that will create your Chapter 61 answer. Please read the instructions carefully before filing your answer with the court.   Instructions for Filing an Answer in a Limited Action case 1. Do NOT file the first 3 instruction pages with the Court.
Consumer
Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers
Seven years ago, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses, a report detailing the harmful mistakes that criminal background screening companies routinely make. Since then, advocates have litigated many class action and individual lawsuits against these companies for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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