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The letter must include dispute instructions.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Debt Collection Laws Forbidden Practices&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Collect any amount beyond the actual debt, unless you really can do so legally.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Continue collections on a debt if the debtor has disputed the debt, unless you provide the debtor with written proof.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Continue contacting the debtor if within 30 days of first contact, the debtor disputes the debt.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Credit a payment the debtor has made to a non-disputed debt to a debt the debtor has disputed.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Deposit a post-dated check before the post-date.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Debt Collections Laws: What You Can&#8217;t Say&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Give a false name.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You are an attorney or government representative, if you are not.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You have an attorney working for you or that you are going to assign the case to an attorney, if you really do not.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* The debtor has committed a crime, unless you are 100ure they have.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You work for a credit bureau, if you really do not.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* The debt is more or less money than it actually is.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You are sending or have sent legal forms when you really did not.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You are sending or have sent papers that are not legal forms, if they really are legal forms.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* The debtor will be arrested&#8211;no one is arrested for nonpayment of debts anymore.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You will seize, garnish, attach, or sell the debtor&#8217;s property or wages, if you do not really intend to or cannot legally do so (and unless the debt is secured with collateral, you probably cannot).&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* You will sue or take other legal action, if you do not really intend to, or are not legally able to do so.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Debt Collection Laws Forbidden Third-Party Disclosures&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Never:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Give any credit-related information that is not 100<br \/>ccurate.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Tell anyone other than the debtor that you are collecting a debt.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Telephone any number other than the debtor&#8217;s more than once.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Debt Collection Phone Calls&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Never:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Call after 9 pm or before 8 am.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Forget to give your name and your company&#8217;s name.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Call repeatedly or in a way intended to annoy.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Make a collect call.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Make any threats.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Use profane or obscene language.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Leave a message that reveals this is a debt collection.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Debt Collection Mailing&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Never send:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Postcards.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Envelopes or mailings with any reference to debt collection on the exterior.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>* Anything that looks like an official, legal, or government document, if it is not.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Please note this page is not intended to give legal advice and may not be complete or up to date with the most current collection laws changes.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n About the author:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n  Joel Walsh has written more tips on debt collection law: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debt-collection-laws.com\/?\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"navigation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.debt-collection-laws.com\/?<\/a>debt collection law <br \/>[Publish this article on your website! 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