Missouri Laws 425.040 – Who not to be considered debt adjusters
The following persons shall not be considered debt adjusters for the purposes of sections 425.010 to 425.043:
(1) Any attorney at law of this state;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 425.040
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Any person who is a regular, full-time employee of a debtor, and who acts as an adjuster of his employer’s debts;
(3) Any person acting pursuant to any order or judgment of court, or pursuant to authority conferred by any law of this state or of the United States;
(4) Any person who is a creditor of the debtor, or an agent of one or more creditors of the debtor, and whose services in adjusting the debtor’s debts are rendered without cost to the debtor; and
(5) Any person who, at the request of a debtor, arranges for or makes a loan to the debtor, and who, at the authorization of the debtor, acts as an adjuster of the debtor’s debts in the disbursement of the proceeds of the loan, without compensation for the services rendered in providing debt relief services.