Lansing, MI – November 18, 2015 – The ongoing legal wrangling over PAR North America’s attempts to carve themselves out of the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) ruling from March 2015, continues. Transcripts of their November 18th appeal hearing reveal a failed attempt on their part to have themselves removed from being defined as a collection agency in order to avoid punitive damages and administrative and auditory control by the LARA.
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Im bit confuse if the court decided against PAR what that means? Were they doing something illegal?
From what I have read so far it would appear the answer is yes. The Court said that they are Debt Collectors under MI. state law and they have to be licensed as a Debt Collection agency. I understand that this State’s legal def of a Debt Collector is a carbon copy of the Federal FDCPA Def. In all respects the Court says they are Debt Collectors and must comply with all laws pertaining to being a Debt Collector.