§443B-8 - Manner in which records, funds, and other forms of indebtedness are to be kept by collection agencies.
§443B-8 Manner in which records, funds, and
other forms of indebtedness are to be kept by collection agencies. (a)
Every collection agency shall keep and maintain a permanent record or have
immediate access to copies of the permanent record of all funds and other forms
of indebtedness collected by it, and of all disbursements. Every collection
agency shall maintain and keep a record of all clients' funds or have immediate
access to copies of the record. No person wilfully shall make any false entry in
any collection agency record, or intentionally mutilate, destroy, conceal, or
in any way dispose of any record.
(b) A collection agency shall not commingle
the money of its clients with its own, but shall maintain a separate trust
account for clients' funds in a federally insured financial institution. [L
1987, c 191, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 246, §9]