http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights legal forms and free South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/what-information-is-the-collector-required-to.html Within five days of contact the collector is required to send the documentation of the amount of money that is owed to the creditor. The name of the creditor and what action will be taken if the debtor does not pay. The debtor must insist on all information at this point. In some cases collectors may not reveal the source or enough information. Even if the "debtor" knows it is not his/her debt, the more information you have the easier to fight it later. South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/who-can-the-collector-contact-to-get-informat.html The collector may contact other people to locate the debtor. The collector may only be allowed to contact third parties only once. The collector is not allowed to reveal the purpose of the information needed. If the debtor has an attorney the collector must only contact the attorney and does not usually is not allowed to pursue the other third parties for finding information. The collector can reveal the details to the attorney. South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/what-control-does-the-debtor-have-if-they-owe.html If the debtor only wants to pay one of two or more accounts, the collector must apply the payments to the account the debtor indicates. South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/what-information-is-the-collector-required-to.html Within five days of contact the collector is required to send the documentation of the amount of money that is owed to the creditor. The name of the creditor and what action will be taken if the debtor does not pay. The debtor must insist on all information at this point. In some cases collectors may not reveal the source or enough information. Even if the "debtor" knows it is not his/her debt, the more information you have the easier to fight it later. South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Collections-Creditors-Rights/South-Dakota/can-the-debtor-stop-the-collector-from-contac.html If the debtor writes a letter to the collection agency telling them to stop contacting them, the creditor may not contact the debtor again. Except to tell them they will not be contacting you further. However, this does not stop them from notifying the debtor that they are going to take a specific action regarding the debt owed, such as legal action. South Dakota Collections-Creditors Rights FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT