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Phil Weiser

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Collection Agency Licensing

The CFDCPA applies to the following collection agencies or debt collectors:

  • Located within this state;
  • Outside this state and collects or attempts to collect from consumers who reside within this state for a creditor with a place of business located within this state;
  • Outside this state and regularly collects or attempts to collect from consumers who reside within this state for a creditor with a place of business located outside this state; or
  • Outside this state and solicits or attempts to solicit debts for collection from a creditor with a place of business located within this state;
  • Debt/judgment buyers who are now the owners of debts that were in default at the time they acquired ownership of those debts;
  • Creditors that collect their own debts using another name which would indicate that a third person is collecting or attempting to collect such debts.

Attorneys engaged in debt collections do not need a collection agency license but must comply with the substantive provisions of the CFDCPA and are subject to the Administrator’s enforcement authority.

Collection agencies that collect only commercial, business, investment, and agricultural purpose debts are not subject to the CFDCPA and do not need a collection agency license.

Creditors, defined in section 5-16-103(7), C.R.S., who collect their own debts in their own name are not subject to the law and do not need to be licensed.


Application & Forms

Collection Agency License Application

Financial Responsibility Forms

You may refer to this Guidance regarding surety bonds containing an electronic seal and electronic signatures. Please note this is not intended as an official interpretation or opinion letter.

  • Surety Bond

Other Forms

  • Licensing Community Portal (link for active licensees to login to download and/or print license)
  • Address Change Form
  • Collections Manager Change Form (includes Collections Manager Form)
  • Personal Affidavit
  • Financial Statement
  • Bank Account Information
  • Out-of-State Trust Account Affidavit
  • Branch Location List
  • Collector and Solicitor List
  • License/Registration Verification

Laws & Rules

  • Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Title 12 to Title 5 CFDCPA Cross-Reference
  • Rules - CFDCPA
  • Colorado Child Support Collection Consumer Protection Act
  • ​Title 12 to Title 5 CCSCCPA Cross-Reference
  • Rules - CCSCCPA

Current Fees

Initial Investigation Fee   $500
New License Fee $1,100

Contact Us

Colorado Department of Law
Consumer Protection Section, CAR
Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center
1300 Broadway, 6th Floor
Denver, CO  80203
car@coag.gov
Consumer Complaints: (720) 508-6022
Licensing: (720) 508-6020
Fax: (720) 508-6033

Office of the Attorney General
Colorado Department of Law
Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203

(720) 508-6000

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