Consumer (Customer) Credit File Rights Under State and Federal Law
CMA Financial Corporation is required to make the following disclosure to you under
Section 405 of the Credit Repair Organization Act:
'You have a right to dispute inaccurate information in your credit report by contacting
the credit bureau directly. However, neither you nor any "credit repair" company
or credit repair organization has the right to have accurate, current and verifiable
information removed from your credit report. The credit bureau must remove accurate,
negative information from your report only if it is over 7 years old. Accurate positive
information stays on up to 10 years and bankruptcy information can be reported for
10 years.
You have a right to obtain a copy of your credit report from a credit bureau. You
may be charged a reasonable fee. There is no fee, however, if you have been turned
down for credit, employment, insurance, or rental dwelling because of information
in your credit report within the preceding 60 days. The credit bureau must provide
someone to help you interpret the information in your credit file. You are entitled
to receive a free copy of your credit report if you are unemployed and intend to
apply for employment in the next 60 days, if you are a recipient of public welfare
assistance, or if you have reason to believe that there is inaccurate information
in your credit report due to fraud.
You have a right to sue a credit repair organization that violates the Credit Repair
Organization Act. This law prohibits deceptive practices by credit repair organizations.
You have the right to cancel your contract with any credit repair organization for
any reason within three business days from the date you signed it.
Credit bureaus are required to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that the information
they report is accurate. However, mistakes may occur.
You may, on your own, notify a credit bureau in writing that you dispute the accuracy
of information in your credit file. The credit bureau must then reinvestigate and
modify or remove inaccurate or incomplete information. The credit bureau may not
charge any fee for this service. Any pertinent information and copies of all documents
you have concerning an error should be given to the credit bureau.
If the credit bureau's reinvestigation does not resolve the dispute to your satisfaction,
you may send a brief statement to the credit bureau, to be kept in your file, explaining
why you think the record is inaccurate. The credit bureau must include a summary
of your statement about disputed information with any report it issues about you.
The Federal Trade Commission regulates credit bureaus and credit repair organizations.
For more information contact: The Public Reference Branch Federal Trade Commission,
Washington, DC. 20580'.
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