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Colorado Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies Stokes & Wolf, P.C. would like to share our Colorado office with your collection agency to enable you to comply with collection agency licensing requirements in accordance with the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Our office currently serves as the Colorado office for over 50 out of state collection agencies thus ensuring complete compliance with the collection agency licensing requirements. As discussed below, we would likely be providing an upgrade over your current Colorado office share arrangement or virtual collection office agreement.     In 2010, House Bill 10-1222 continued the collection agency licensing requirements of the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that your collection agency must maintain a Colorado collection office if you are going to do business here. The bill also requires that you include your in-state collection agency office address and phone number in your written communications to Colorado debtors and also requires that your in-state collection agency office accept debtor payments made at that office. Rule 1.09(1)(c) and Rule 2.01(2) of the Rules of the Administrator, Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act implement these new collection agency licensing requirements.    

As a result of these changes, more consumer debtors are calling the in-state collection agency office and coming in with payments or to discuss the account. This creates risk for the in-state collection agency office personnel of violating the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  It is critical that in-state collection agency office personnel be fully knowledgeable about and able to comply with these Acts since both your collection agency and the in- state collection agency office provider could be sued for in-state collection agency violations. This collection agency liability for violations of the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is stated in Rule 1.09(2).    About Our Law Firm & Staff  (Colorado Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies) Our law firm’s practice has for many years been limited to commercial and consumer debt collection so our staff is fully knowledgeable about both the Federal and Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts. We have served as a local Colorado collection office to out-of-state collection agencies since 1994 without one complaint about a violation of the Acts. We have a personable staff for dealing with your debtors both on the phone and in person and who debtors find most helpful. Our Agreement For Colorado Office Sharing For Out Of State Collection Agencies provides that we will hold you harmless for any of our office’s violations of either the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.    Dealing With Your Debtors  (Colorado Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies) To deal with your debtors who choose to call the Colorado collection office, our phone system routes that call to a voicemail answering with the name of your company. This is possible because when you use our office, we will assign you a Colorado office phone number unique to your collection agency. The voicemail directs the debtor to press 1 to speak to the next available agent, which will then route the call directly to your office without us having to speak to your debtor. The second voice mail option directs any debtors wishing to make an appointment in your Denver, Colorado office to press 2, which will ring another line in our office which we will answer to set up an appointment for the debtors to come in to make a payment or to discuss the account in person. If they want to discuss the account, we will of course conference in your collector, who will handle the discussion.  If they make a payment, we e-mail you immediately to advise you of the payment so that you can post the payment by the next business day as required by Rule 2.12. This sophisticated phone system results in your debtors reaching your home office instantly the same as if they had called your office directly but still enables the few debtors wishing to meet in person at this office to do so.      Your Local Colorado Office  (Colorado Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies) Our office also complies with the collection agency requirements Rule 1.09(a) requiring that we post signs or directories displaying all collection agencies for whom our office provides a local Colorado office. We provide such a directory at our office suite and on the lobby building directory. In talking to other office providers, we find that they have not been complying with this requirement. This failure could expose you to liability.     Fees For Your Local Colorado Office  (Colorado Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies) We would like to provide you with your Colorado office starting upon the termination of any current contract you have for an in- state office. Our fee is $1200.00 per year payable January 1st. We will prorate the charge for a partial year. For no additional charge, Stokes & Wolf, P.C. will serve as the registered agent for service for your business in Colorado.  Please call our office with any questions regarding our office share opportunities.  We will provide you with a copy of our standard contract if you call us or use our email form  specific for this purpose.    Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act And Rules Of The Administrator Stokes & Wolf, P.C. The Executive Club Building 1776 S. Jackson Street Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80210 Toll Free Phone 888-499-9642 Office Phone 303-753-0100 Office Fax 303-753-0310 All collections are covered with a $500,000.00 lawyers liability policy. Collection Agency Requirements | Collection Agency Licensing | Collection Office Licensing | Collection Agency License | Collection Office License | Collection Agency Licensing Colorado Office | Office Share For Out Of State Collection Agencies | Collection Agency Colorado Office Share | Collection Agency Virtual Office Colorado | Office and Registered Agent Services   

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