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N.C.G.S. § 75-50 — revision history

Text is never overwritten. Each amendment lands as a new version row with its own effective range.

  1. Version 1 — 2026-08-08 to present

    Scraped from ncleg.gov; The General Statutes include changes through S.L. 2026-7.

    The following words and terms as used in this Article shall be construed as follows: (1) "Consumer" means any natural person who has incurred a debt or alleged debt for personal, family, household or agricultural purposes. (2) "Debt" means any obligation owed or due or alleged to be owed or due from a consumer. (3) "Debt collector" means any person engaging, directly or indirectly, in debt collection from a consumer except those persons subject to the provisions of Article 70, Chapter 58 of the General Statutes. (4) "Location information" means information about a consumer's place of abode, any telephone numbers used by the consumer, and information about the consumer's place of employment. (1977, c. 747, s. 4; 1989, c. 770, s. 15; 2015-177, s. 1.)