Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Consumer Action 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.

Listings for the City of Salem

These are the results for consumer specific consumer resources for OR. The listing is grouped by primary service category, then sorted alphabetically.

Attorneys General

• Oregon - Attorney General
  The Oregon Attorney General's Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Section protects consumers in the 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 the State in multi-state, consumer-related enforcement actions, operating a hotline for consumers with questions or complaints about business practices, and assisting local and… (Salem, OR)
  

Auto

• Oregon - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
  Oregon DMV site has been created to help you renew or register for a drivers license, find DMV forms, practice tests, drivers ed & traffic schools, auto insurance, or just about anything else related to Oregon DMV. For other office locations, please visit: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/offices/alphalist.shtml (Salem, OR)
  

Banking Authorities

• Oregon - Division of Finance and Corporate Securities
  The Division of Finance and Corporate Securities (DFCS) is part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), Oregon's largest regulatory and consumer protection agency. The division's mission is to encourage the widest possible range of financial services, products, and information for Oregonians; delivered in a safe, sound, equitable, and fraud-free manner. (Salem, OR)
  

Consumer Protection

• Oregon - Attorney General
  The Oregon Attorney General's Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection Section protects consumers in the 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 the State in multi-state, consumer-related enforcement actions, operating a hotline for consumers with questions or complaints about business practices, and assisting local and… (Salem, OR)
  
• Oregon - Division of Finance and Corporate Securities
  The Division of Finance and Corporate Securities (DFCS) is part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), Oregon's largest regulatory and consumer protection agency. The division's mission is to encourage the widest possible range of financial services, products, and information for Oregonians; delivered in a safe, sound, equitable, and fraud-free manner. (Salem, OR)
  
• Oregon - Insurance Division
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. (Salem, OR)
  
• Oregon - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) regulates customer rates and services of the state's investor-owned electric, natural gas and telephone utilities; and certain water companies. The Commission does not regulate people's utility districts, cooperatives or municipally-owned utilities except in matters of safety. The PUC ensures consumers receive utility service at fair and reasonable rates, while allowing regulated companies the opportunity to earn an adequate… (Salem, OR)
  

Insurance

• Oregon - Insurance Division
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. (Salem, OR)
  

Insurance Regulators

• Oregon - Insurance Division
  The Consumer Services Division is responsible for gathering and responding to consumer inquiries regarding insurance company or producer activities. (Salem, OR)
  

Utilities

• Oregon - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) regulates customer rates and services of the state's investor-owned electric, natural gas and telephone utilities; and certain water companies. The Commission does not regulate people's utility districts, cooperatives or municipally-owned utilities except in matters of safety. The PUC ensures consumers receive utility service at fair and reasonable rates, while allowing regulated companies the opportunity to earn an adequate… (Salem, OR)
  

Utilities Commissions

• Oregon - Public Utility Commission
  The Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) regulates customer rates and services of the state's investor-owned electric, natural gas and telephone utilities; and certain water companies. The Commission does not regulate people's utility districts, cooperatives or municipally-owned utilities except in matters of safety. The PUC ensures consumers receive utility service at fair and reasonable rates, while allowing regulated companies the opportunity to earn an adequate… (Salem, OR)
  

Weights and Measures Offices

• Oregon - Weights and Measures Office
  The mission of the Measurement Standards Division is four-fold: * Prevent fraud by ensuring that weighing and measuring devices used in commerce are accurate and correctly used, * Prevent fraud through transaction verifications and by checking packaged products for correct net contents and labeling, * Ensure that motor fuels meet national standards for quality, and * Provide official and traceable mass, volume, and length calibration… (Salem, OR)