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District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act

D.C. Code §§ 28-3901–28-3913

All 13 sections were checked against the D.C. Law Library and the Office of the Attorney General’s official CPPA description. Section 28-3911 remains listed as repealed. Summaries are educational and do not determine standing, damages, or procedural requirements.

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D.C. Code § 28-3901

Definitions and purposes

Defines consumers, merchants, goods, services, trade practices, and the Act’s consumer-protection purposes.

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D.C. Code § 28-3902

Consumer protection agency

Designates the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection as the District’s consumer protection agency.

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D.C. Code § 28-3904

Unfair or deceptive trade practices

Lists numerous unlawful representations, omissions, unconscionable practices, and transaction-related violations.

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D.C. Code § 28-3905

Complaint procedures

Provides administrative complaint procedures and private-action remedies, including statutory conditions and relief.

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D.C. Code § 28-3906

Consumer education and information

Directs consumer education, publication, referral, and information activities.

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D.C. Code § 28-3907

Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection

Creates the advisory committee and describes its membership and duties.

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D.C. Code § 28-3909

Restraining prohibited acts

Authorizes public court actions to stop unlawful practices and obtain additional relief.

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D.C. Code § 28-3910

Attorney General investigatory powers

Provides subpoenas, investigative demands, and related Attorney General procedures.

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D.C. Code § 28-3911

Consumer Protection Fund — Repealed

Preserves notice that the former Consumer Protection Fund section has been repealed.

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D.C. Code § 28-3912

Submissions to the Council

Requires specified reports, rules, or materials to be submitted to the Council.

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District of Columbia consumer-credit categories

Research pending

Credit services and credit repair organizations

Licensing, registration, bonding, contracts, fees, cancellation, advertising, and prohibited practices.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Covered-service definitions
  • License or registration requirements
  • Contract and disclosure language
  • Fee and cancellation restrictions
  • Advertising and prohibited practices
Research pending

Debt collection

State collection-agency licensing, prohibited conduct, validation-related rules, remedies, and regulator contacts.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Collector and agency definitions
  • Licensing and exemptions
  • Communication and conduct restrictions
  • Civil remedies and enforcement
  • Complaint channels
Research pending

Consumer reporting and security freezes

State credit-reporting duties, freezes, protected-consumer freezes, identity-theft blocks, and remedies.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Freeze placement and lifting
  • Fees and timing
  • Protected consumers
  • Identity-theft procedures
  • Enforcement and remedies
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Identity theft, data breach, and privacy

Identity-theft crimes and recovery tools, breach notices, personal-information safeguards, and privacy rights.

  • D.C. Code §§ 28-3901–28-3913
What the legal reviewer checks
  • Breach notice triggers and timing
  • Covered personal information
  • Security safeguards
  • Identity-theft reports and blocks
  • Attorney-general enforcement
Research pending

Garnishment and judgment protections

State exemptions, disposable-earnings limits, court procedures, bank-account protections, and employer duties.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Wage and bank exemptions
  • Debt-specific limits
  • Claim-of-exemption procedure
  • Notice and hearing deadlines
  • Employer restrictions
Research pending

Repossession and deficiency balances

Notice, cure, repossession conduct, sale, accounting, redemption, and deficiency rules.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Right-to-cure notices
  • Repossession restrictions
  • Sale notice and commercial reasonableness
  • Redemption
  • Deficiency accounting and defenses
Research pending

Small-dollar and consumer lending

Licensing, rates, fees, payment plans, disclosures, collection practices, and complaint resources.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Covered loan definitions
  • License requirements
  • Rate and fee limits
  • Rollover or payment-plan rules
  • Enforcement
Research pending

Mortgage, housing, and auto finance

Servicing, foreclosure, homeowner, dealer-finance, motor-vehicle-sales, and related protections.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Mortgage servicing and foreclosure
  • Homeowner notices and assistance
  • Dealer and sales-finance licensing
  • Auto disclosures
  • Complaints and remedies
Research pending

Medical and utility debt

Billing, collection, charity-care, utility termination, deposit, and payment-plan rules.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • Hospital and medical billing
  • Charity-care disclosures
  • Utility shutoff protections
  • Deposits and payment plans
  • Complaint agencies
Research pending

Military and veteran protections

State protections that may supplement federal servicemember and military-lending laws.

What the legal reviewer checks
  • State active-duty coverage
  • Interest or collection protections
  • Lease and contract rules
  • Court stays
  • Military legal-assistance contacts

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