State Disclosures

This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. This communication is from a debt collector.

We are required under state law to notify consumers of the following rights. This list does not contain a complete list of rights consumers have under state and federal law. Please find below important additional information for residents of the following states:

CALIFORNIA: As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit reporting agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

The state Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act require that, except under unusual circumstances, collectors may not contact you before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. They may not harass you by using threats of violence or arrest or by using obscene language. Collectors may not use false or misleading statements or call you at work if they know or have reason to know that you may not receive personal calls at work. For the most part, collectors may not tell another person, other than your attorney or spouse, about your debt. Collectors may contact another person to confirm your location or enforce a judgment. For more information about debt collection activities, you may contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP or www.ftc.gov.

Non Profit Credit Counseling Services may be available in your area.

California Consumers: For information on your privacy rights go to https://www.optiosolutions.com/privacy-policy/ or call (855) 593 5046.

California License No: 10900-99

You may request records showing the following: (1) that Qualia Collection Services has the right to seek collection of the debt; (2) the debt balance, including an explanation of any interest charges and additional fees; (3) the date the debt became delinquent or the date of the last payment; (4) the name of the creditor and the account number associated with the debt; (5) the name and last known address of the debtor as it appeared in the creditor’s records prior to assignment of the debt; and (6) the names of all persons or entities other than the debt collector to which the debt has been assigned, if applicable. You may also request from us a copy of the contract or other document evidencing your agreement to the debt.

A request for these records may be addressed to: 1444 North McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, CA  94954

COLORADO: A consumer has the right to request in writing that a debt collector or collection agency cease further communication with the consumer. A written request to cease communication will not prohibit the debt collector or collection agency from taking any other action authorized by law to collect the debt. The agency’s local address and telephone number is Colorado Manager, Inc. 8690 Wolff Court, Suite 110 Westminster, CO 80031,(303) 920 4763. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLORADO FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, SEE HTTPS://COAG.GOV/OFFICE-SECTIONS/CONSUMER-PROTECTION/CONSUMER-CREDIT-UNIT/COLLECTION-AGENCY-REGULATION/.

Colorado law prohibits credit bureaus from reporting medical debt or factoring medical debt into a credit score unless the consumer report is to be used in connection with a credit transaction that involves, or that may reasonably be expected to involve, a principal amount that exceeds the national conforming loan limit value for a one-unit property as determined by the federal housing finance authority.

MASSACHUSETTS: NOTICE OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS: You have the right to make a written or oral request that telephone calls regarding your debt not be made to you at your place of employment. Any such oral request will be valid for only ten days unless you provide written confirmation of the request postmarked or delivered within seven days of such request. You may terminate this request by writing to the debt collector.

MINNESOTA: This collection agency is licensed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

NEVADA: If you pay or agree to pay the debt or any portion of the debt, the payment or agreement to pay may be construed as: (1) an acknowledgment of the debt by you; and (2) a waiver by you of any applicable statute of limitations set forth in NRS 11.190 that otherwise precludes the collection of the debt. If you do not understand or have questions concerning your legal rights or obligations relating to the debt, you should seek legal advice.

NEW MEXICO: Pursuant to the New Mexico Patients Debt Collection Practices Act, additional billing information is available upon request for medical debts.

NEW YORK: New York City Department of Consumer Affairs License number 1254605.  Call back name and phone number: Timothy Whalen at (800) 433-5709 during normal business hours.

You may request that each communication be provided in an alternative, reasonably accommodatable format selected by us, such as a large print copy or other means, by calling (800) 433-5709.

Debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection efforts, including but not limited to: a) the use or threat of violence, b) the use of obscene or profane language; and c) repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass. If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: 1) Supplemental Security Income (SSI); 2) Social Security;  3) public assistance (welfare); 4) spousal support, maintenance (alimony) or child support; 5) unemployment benefits; 6) disability benefits; 7) workers’ compensation benefits; 8) public or private pensions; 9) veterans’ benefits; 10) federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11) ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days.

This collection agency does not provide language access services or translations of communications into languages other than English.  A translation and description of commonly-used debt collection terms is available in multiple languages on the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs’ website, www.nyc.gov/dca.

NORTH CAROLINA: Optio Solutions, LLC dba Qualia Collection Services NC Dept. Ins. Permit Nos. 119501059 and 119506288.

TENNESSEE: This collection agency is licensed by the Collection Service Board of the Department of Commerce and Insurance.

UTAH: As required by Utah law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit reporting agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

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