Consumer Services Guide (CSG)
Consumer Services Guide (CSG) Edition
The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the 'Guide', some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.Records Found: 55
- Attorney General - Montana
The Montana Attorney General's Consumer Protection Office advocates on behalf of Montana consumers in matters of unfair or deceptive acts in the conduct of business, investigates consumer complaints and provides an informal mediation process for consumer complaints against businesses, enforces Montana's consumer protection laws and regulations, ensures a healthy business environment by preventing groundless consumer complaints against Montana businesses and providing those businesses with the… - Attorney General - Nebraska
The Nebraska Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division protects consumers from fraud and deceptive trade practices, as well as, ensures fair competition between businesses. The division enforces several laws that protect consumers from false, misleading and undesirable sales practices. A mediation service is available to consumers to help them resolve complaints against businesses. It also provides consumers with the information and education they need to make… - Attorney General - Nevada
The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection warehouses the state’s Consumer Advocate, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Unit, Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud Units, and the Antitrust and Securities Fraud Units' in order to better protect consumers. - Attorney General - New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau protects consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices. When businesses misrepresent, do not provide, or provide poor quality services or products to people, the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau will question the business’s practices, and can, if necessary, take the business to court and ask a judge to make a decision. - Attorney General - New Jersey
The New Jersey Attorney General's Consumer Protection division's mission is to protect citizens from consumer fraud, blanket the state with consumer education and respond to consumer questions and complaints. - Attorney General - New Mexico
The New Mexico Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division: mediates resolutions between dissatisfied consumers and businesses; educates the public about consumer issues and unlawful trade practices; investigates suspicious business activities; proposes legislation and promulgates rules that will clarify the trade and business practices; and engages in litigation on behalf of the public interest. - Attorney General - New York
The New York Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection prosecutes businesses and individuals engaged in fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or illegal trade practices. In addition to litigating, the Bureau mediates thousands of complaints each year from individual consumers. A large percentage of these complaints are resolved satisfactorily through the mediation process. As part of its mission, the Bureau provides information to consumers and seeks… - Attorney General - North Carolina
The North Carolina Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division works to protect the public from unfair and deceptive business practices. - Attorney General - North Dakota
The North Dakota Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division (CPAT) assists consumers by enforcing the state’s consumer fraud laws prohibiting misleading and deceptive practices in connection with the sale or advertisement of merchandise. CPAT investigates and prosecutes consumer fraud cases, mediates individual consumer complaints, and educates the public on how to avoid becoming victims of fraud. - Attorney General - Ohio
The Consumer Protection Section enforces numerous Ohio laws that protect consumers and businesses. Attorneys and investigators prepare and initiate litigation against nonconforming suppliers when violations of the consumer protection laws cannot be settled through nonlegal channels. - Attorney General - Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division provides mediation services to consumers to help resolve complaints against businesses. The Division can also provide information about complaints that have been filed against businesses, and provide publications to help you make good decisions in the marketplace. The Division also brings law enforcement actions against businesses that harm large numbers of Oklahoma consumers through unfair and deceptive practices. - Attorney General - Oregon (Department of Justice)
The Oregon Attorney General's Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Section regulates the Oregon marketplace, primarily by enforcing Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act. The section’s duties also include educating consumers and businesses about their rights and obligations under the law, representing the interests of Oregonians in multi-state, consumer-related enforcement actions, operating a hotline for consumers with questions or complaints about business practices, and assisting local and state law… - Attorney General - Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection is authorized to perform the following duties: investigate commercial and trade practices in the distribution, financing and furnishing of goods and services for the use of consumers; conduct studies, investigations and research into matters affecting consumer interests and make such information available to the public; advise the Legislature on matters affecting consumer interests, including the development of… - Attorney General - Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit investigates and mediates consumer complaints concerning unfair and unlawful business practices and misleading advertising arising out of alleged violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. - Attorney General - South Carolina
The South Carolina Attorney General's Department of Consumer Affairs was established to regulate the consumer credit marketplace, to resolve any complaint arising out of the production, promotion or sale of consumer goods or services in South Carolina, whether or not credit is involved, and to promote a healthy competitive business climate with mutual confidence between buyers and sellers. - Attorney General - South Dakota
The major responsibilities of the South Dakota Attorney General's Division of Consumer Protection are: Investigate false, misleading, or deceptive trade practices; enforce consumer laws designed to protect the public and legitimate business community; enforce statutes relating to buying clubs, telephone solicitation, telemarketing, and sweepstakes; advise consumers of their basic rights under consumer laws; distribute consumer education materials; assist in the preparation of legislation designed to… - Attorney General - Tennessee
The Tennessee Attorney General's Consumer Advocate and Protection Division may intervene to represent the public interest in matters pending before the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. It also represents the Division of Consumer Affairs in investigations and litigation and the Charitable Solicitations Division of the Secretary of State's Office. It handles unauthorized practice of law. - Attorney General - Texas
The Texas Attorney General protects consumers and the legitimate business community by filing civil lawsuits under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other consumer protection statutes. - Attorney General - Utah
The Utah Attorney General's Division of Consumer Protection's duty is to respond to consumer complaints, unfair and deceptive business practices, and provide consumer education. The Division has a three-pronged approach to consumer protection: education, registration, and enforcement. - Attorney General - Vermont
The Consumer Protection Unit of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office investigates and prosecutes violations of Vermont’s consumer laws, which prohibits businesses from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices. - Attorney General - Virginia
The mission of the Virginia Attorney General's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) is to provide protection to consumers against fraudulent, deceptive, and illegal practices in the marketplace. The Office is authorized by law to serve as the central clearinghouse for the collection, evaluation, investigation or referral of consumer complaints. - Attorney General - Washington
The Washington Attorney General's Consumer Protectin Program investigates and brings legal actions to stop fraudulent and deceptive business practices. The program, which utilizes many volunteers, also facilitates the resolution of consumer complaints. Each year the program recovers millions of dollars on behalf of consumers. Another important function of the program is to educate consumers so they can avoid getting into trouble. - Attorney General - West Virginia
The West Virginia Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Divisions are responsible for enforcing the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, the West Virginia Antitrust Act, and the Preneed Funeral Contracts Act. - Attorney General - Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Attorney General enforces laws and protects consumers in cases involving issues such as elder care, predatory lending, product safety, privacy and telemarketing fraud. - Attorney General - Wyoming
The Wyoming Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit's primary duty is the enforcement of the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits unfair and deceptive acts and practices in consumer transactions. The Act includes provisions regulating the promotional advertising of prizes and telephone solicitation and creates a telemarketer "no-call" list. The Consumer Protection Unit also enforces the Wyoming Multilevel and Pyramid Distributorship Act, and statutes prohibiting price…