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Notice of a debt collector’s action in violation of the law or the good methods of collection

  • Permit or other obligation
  • Nationwide except the Åland Islands
  • Public service

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland maintains a register of companies engaged in extrajudicial debt collection. Debt collection operations requiring registration include the collection of debts on behalf of another person or party and the collection of the creditor’s own outstanding debts when the debt has been acquired for the sole purpose of debt collection. The purpose ...

Do the following

You can transmit the notification electronically or in writing by using a prepared form or in free format. Please send the notification with attachments to the registry of the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland.

Please enclose the collection letters sent by the debt collector, related email discussions if any and the documents delivered to the debt collector by the notifier.

There is no time limit for the notification but you should send it as soon as possible after the observation of the shortcoming.

The objective is to deal with the cases that do not require a more comprehensive review in a few days. The duration of case handling is 9 months in control matters leading to a written decision. At the moment, the average duration of case handling is 6 months.

To whom and on what terms

Has been a customer of a debt collector or received an authorisation from a debt collector.

Background information

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Regional State Administrative Agency

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Regional State Administrative Agency
Text edited by: Regional State Administrative Agency
Updated: 3/5/2023