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: 428
- 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… - Attorneys General
Attorneys General serve as representatives of the public interest by enforcing laws, including many consumer laws. Typical areas of enforcement are elder care, predatory lending, product safety, privacy and telemarketing fraud. - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations. - Board of Accountancy
The mission of the California Board of Accountancy is to protect the public welfare, particularly consumers, by ensuring that only qualified persons and firms are licensed to practice public accountancy and that appropriate standards of competency and practice, including ethics, objectivity and independence are established and enforced. - Board of Optometry
Write to file a complaint against an optometrist. - Board of Pharmacy
Investigates complaints against pharmacists and pharmacies. Send a detailed letter or call for complaint form. - Board of Podiatric Medicine
The Board of Podiatric Medicine ensures protection of consumers, enforces contemporary standards and provides accurate and timely information that promotes sound consumer decision-making with regard to Doctors of Podiatric Medicine. - Board of Psychology
The California Board of Psychology protects the safety and welfare of consumers of psychological services. - Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education
Responsible for the approval and oversight of institutions offering private postsecondary education. Investigates consumer complaints and responds to inquiries on the approval status of schools. - Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS), (DHS)
The USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities. These functions include: adjudication of immigrant visa petitions; adjudication of naturalization petitions; adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; adjudications performed at the service centers, and all other adjudications performed by the INS. Please visit the website for more information regarding the department. - Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
Looks into complaints about invoices which exceed the written estimate, incompetent repairs, etc. Call to get a complaint form. Complaints in letter form are also acceptable. - Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
The Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation regulates upholstered furniture and bedding products sold in California to make sure they meet health, fire safety, and labeling standards. - Bureau of Indian Affairs - DOI
Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. There are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States. Developing forestlands, leasing assets on these lands, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and… - Bureau of Land Management - DOI
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers 261 million surface acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States. The BLM sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. - Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
The Bureau administers the Naturopathic Doctors Act. This law specifies various standards for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic medicine that the Bureau enforces. - Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
Contact about complaints or questions regarding repossession agencies, private patrols, alarm companies, security guards and locksmiths. - Cal-EPA
This office provides a variety of products and services, including a help desk, facility inventory, toxic chemical release inventory, chemical cross-index, a guide to databases on toxic materials and a guide to hazardous substances reporting requirements. - California - Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Contact for pre-purchase inquiry and complaint information on local businesses. Takes complaints on companies and arbitrates problems and disputes. Monitors and reviews local advertising and tracks and reports on charitable organizations. - California - Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
This site provides information and links to the 13 departments that this agency oversees, which include the Department of Financial Institutions, the Department of Corporations, the Department of Real Estate, the California Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. - California - Department of Consumer Affairs
The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) protects and serves California consumers while ensuring a competent and fair marketplace. DCA helps consumers learn how to protect themselves from unscrupulous and unqualified individuals. The Department also protects professionals from unfair competition by unlicensed practitioners. - California - Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
The State Departments of Banking regulate and supervise state-chartered banks. Many of them handle or refer problems and complaints about other types of financial institutions as well. Some also answer general questions about banking and consumer credit. - California - Department of Insurance
The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. - California - Department of Real Estate
Search current licensee records online. View a list of individuals or entities conducting real estate activities without proper licensing. - California - Housing Finance Agency (CHFA)
CHFA finances below-market-rate loans to affordable rental housing and assists first-time home buyers.