Any debt collector communicating with any person other than the
consumer for the purpose of acquiring location information about
the consumer shall -
(1) identify himself, state that he is confirming or correcting
location information concerning the consumer, and, only if
expressly requested, identify his employer;
(2) not state that such consumer owes any debt;
(3) not communicate with any such person more than once unless
requested to do so by such person or unless the debt collector
reasonably believes that the earlier response of such person is
erroneous or incomplete and that such person now has correct or
complete location information;
(4) not communicate by post card;
(5) not use any language or symbol on any envelope or in the
contents of any communication effected by the mails or telegram
that indicates that the debt collector is in the debt collection
business or that the communication relates to the collection of a
debt; and
(6) after the debt collector knows the consumer is represented
by an attorney with regard to the subject debt and has knowledge
of, or can readily ascertain, such attorney's name and address,
not communicate with any person other than that attorney, unless
the attorney fails to respond within a reasonable period of time
to communication from the debt collector.
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