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What Other Things Can't A Creditor Do?

Threaten the use of violence or other criminal means to harm a person, his property or reputation;
Use of obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader;
The publication of a list of consumers who refuse to pay debts, except to a consumer credit reporting agency;
The advertisement for sale of any debt to coerce payment of the debt;
Causing a telephone to ring or engaging in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass.

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A: State law: 75% of earnings exempted, more if hardship established. All federal exemptions apply.
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