69V-180.030. Consumer Collection Registration Form and Procedures

(1) Each person registering as a consumer collection agency shall submit the following to the Office of Financial Regulation:

(a) A completed Application for Registration as Consumer Collection Agency form, Form OFR-559-101, effective 9/9/2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available by mail from the Office of Financial Regulation, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0376, and also incorporated by reference in rule 69V-180.002, F.A.C., and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05814;

(b) A non-refundable registration fee of $200 for the annual registration period beginning January 1 of each calendar year or any part thereof.

(c) Each control person required to be listed on the Application for Registration as Consumer Collection Agency, Form OFR-559-101, must submit fingerprints through a live-scan vendor approved by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A list of approved vendors is published on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s website (http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/941d4e90-131a-45ef-8af3-3c9d4efefd8e/Livescan-Service-Providers-and-Device-Vendors.aspx). Such fingerprints will be submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal background check and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a Federal criminal background check. The cost of the fingerprinting processing shall be borne by the applicant and paid directly to the live-scan vendor.

(2) Request for Additional Information. An incomplete registration form shall not be considered as validly received. A request for additional information will be made by the Office of Financial Regulation within thirty (30) days after initial receipt of the incomplete registration form by the Office of Financial Regulation. The additional information must be received by the Office of Financial Regulation within forty-five (45) days from the date of request. The Office will grant a request for an additional forty-five (45) days to submit the additional information. The Office will not grant a request after the original forty-five (45) day deadline has passed. Failure to provide timely all additional information shall result in the application being deemed abandoned, which will result in the application being removed from further consideration by the Office and closed.

(3) Amendment of Pending Registration.

(a) A prospective registrant shall notify the Office of Financial Regulation within ten (10) days of the occurrence of any change in the information reported on the registration.

(b) A prospective registrant may amend the registration form as to those factors generally within the control or selection of the prospective registrant once, as a matter of course, at any time within thirty (30) days from its initial receipt for filing. Otherwise the registration form may be amended only with prior written permission from the Office of Financial Regulation. Requests to make changes which are material to the registration or to the Office of Financial Regulation’s evaluation of the registration filed at any time after initial receipt of the registration form shall be deemed by the Office of Financial Regulation to be grounds for rejection of the registration, and a new registration form, accompanied by the appropriate filing fee, shall be required.

(4) Withdrawal of Registration. A prospective registrant may request withdrawal of a registration prior to an initial determination of the registration being made by the Office of Financial Regulation by submitting a written request that the registration be withdrawn.

(5) Refunds. If the registration is withdrawn, voided, or rejected, the registration fee is non-refundable.

(6) Upon approval, a registration will be issued for the remainder of the annual registration period.

Rulemaking Authority 559.554, 559.555, 559.5551 FS. Law Implemented 559.5551, 559.553, 559.555 FS. History–New 2-15-94, Formerly 3D-180.030, Amended 9-10-15, 1-18-21.