12 CFR Part 1006 — Regulation F (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB) § 1006.100 — Record retention

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12 CFR Part 1006 — Regulation F (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB), §1006.100 Record retention. Captured section-complete (all subsections verbatim).

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Verbatim provisions from 12 CFR Part 1006 — Regulation F (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB) § 1006.100 — Record retention — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.

12 CFR §1006.100(a)

(a) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a debt collector must retain records that are evidence of compliance or noncompliance with the FDCPA and this part starting on the date that the debt collector begins collection activity on a debt until three years after the debt collector's last collection activity on the debt.

Source: 12 CFR Part 1006 — Regulation F (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB) § 1006.100 · source URL · snapshot c67bbdd9529cfe8e

12 CFR §1006.100(b)

(b) Special rule for telephone call recordings. If a debt collector records telephone calls made in connection with the collection of a debt, the debt collector must retain the recording of each such telephone call for three years after the date of the call.

Source: 12 CFR Part 1006 — Regulation F (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB) § 1006.100 · source URL · snapshot c67bbdd9529cfe8e

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