Any debt collector communicating
with any person other than the consumer for the purpose of acquiring
location information about the consumer shall—
(1) identify himself, state that he is
confirming or correcting location information concerning the consumer,
and, only if expressly requested, identify his employer;
(2) not state that such consumer
owes any debt;
(3) not
communicate with any such person more than once unless requested to
do so by such person or unless the debt collector reasonably believes that the earlier
response of such person is erroneous or incomplete and that such person
now has correct or complete location information;
(4) not communicate by post card;
(5) not use any language or
symbol on any envelope or in the contents of any communication effected
by the mails or telegram that indicates that the debt collector is
in the debt collection business or that the communication relates
to the collection of a debt; and
(6) after the debt collector knows the
consumer is represented by an attorney with regard to the subject
debt and has knowledge of, or can readily ascertain, such attorney’s
name and address, not communicate with any person other than that
attorney, unless the attorney fails to respond within a reasonable
period of time to communication from the debt collector.
[15 USC 1692b.]