§ 15B-26. Crime victims credit protection.
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§ 15B-26. Crime victims credit protection.
(a)A creditor that is owed money for services provided to a victim as a result of the criminally injurious conduct inflicted on the victim shall not communicate any information about the debt to a consumer reporting agency during the pendency of an application for an award filed pursuant to G.S. 15B-7 or during the pendency of an appeal from a decision related to such an application.
(b)The victim bears the burden of notifying the creditor that the debt is subject to subsection
(a)of this section.
(c)A creditor may request monthly verification from the Commission that the application or appeal is still pending, and the Commission shall provide this verification. (2009-355, s. 6.)