§ 24-156. Fees - Written notice of changes.

A.  This act does not prevent a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee of no more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) to a consumer for each freeze, removal of the freeze, or temporary lifting of the freeze for a period of time, regarding access to a consumer credit report.

B.  A consumer reporting agency shall not charge any fee to:

1.  A victim of identity theft who has submitted, at the time the security freeze is requested, a copy of a valid investigative or incident report or complaint with a law enforcement agency about the unlawful use of the victim’s identifying information by another person; or

2.  A consumer sixty-five (65) years of age or older for the initial placement and removal of a security freeze.

C.  If a security freeze is in place, a consumer reporting agency shall not change any of the following official information in a consumer report without sending a written confirmation of the change to the consumer within thirty (30) days of the change being posted to the file of the consumer:

1.  Name;

2.  Date of birth;

3.  Social security number; and

4.  Address.

D.  Written confirmation is not required for technical modifications of official information of a consumer, including name and street abbreviations, complete spellings, or transposition of numbers or letters.  In the case of an address change, the written confirmation shall be sent to both the new address and to the former address.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 283, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.