The Consumer Protection Section protects Colorado consumers and businesses against fraud and maintains a competitive business environment by: enforcing state and federal consumer protection laws; enforcing state and federal antitrust laws; implementing and enforcing provisions of the tobacco master settlement agreements; enforcing state laws on consumer lending, predatory lending, debt collection, rent-to-own, and credit repair; and advocating on behalf of residential, small business, and agricultural public utility taxpayers.
The Consumer Protection Section is made up of four units:
- Antitrust, Tobacco & Consumer Protection
- Consumer Fraud
- Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC)
- Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) / Collection Agency Board (CAB) / Debt Management (DM)
Resources for Consumers
- Charities
- Colorado No-Call List Act
- Consumer Protection Cases
- Consumer Questions - Find answers quickly
- Consumer Resource Guide
- Identity Theft Resources & Identity Theft Repair Kit pdf
- File a Complaint Against a Business or Creditor
- Mortgage Fraud Information Center
Resources for Older Consumers
- AARP ElderWatch
- Senior Fraud Alert: Tips on How to be a Smart Consumer pdf
- Senior Fraud Alert: Tips on How to be a Smart Consumer (Large Print) pdf
- Respecting Our Elders - A Statewide Action Plan To Combat Senior Fraud pdf