| B001 — Current version unknown (P) |
Use the accessed §.105 body with its recorded cutoff; an agenda entry does not replace it. C001–C003,C009,C096; S001,S017–S018. |
Post-cutoff adopted-law/status chain. |
“A current-looking page certifies all later law.” |
Check later official Federal Register adopted instruments specifically amending §§.100–.103 or .105. |
| B002 — Official original unavailable (P) |
Failed correction-PDF access leaves original authentication incomplete despite earlier readable government rendition. C006,C010,C096; S014. |
Original correction publication body in readable official PDF/issue format. |
Failure means repeal or absence. |
Reopen the original publication through an ordinary accessible official publication route. |
| B003 — Nonbank covered-person category unknown (A/H) |
Offering/providing a consumer financial product/service, or qualifying affiliate service provision, is required subject to exclusions. C016–C018; S001 §.101; S003,S005. |
Product/service and institutional category. |
Every collector label establishes nonbank coverage. |
Re-read the complete applicable §5481 definition and §§5515(a)/5516(a) boundary. |
| B004 — Person category (A/H) |
The definition extends beyond corporations to the listed legal forms. C014; S001 §.101; S003(19). |
Legal category only; no actor supplied. |
Only incorporated firms can fall within the rule. |
Examine whether a disputed generic legal form fits the published Person definition. |
| B005 — Consumer relationship (A/H) |
The consumer category includes an individual’s agent/trustee/representative. C015; S001; S003(4). |
Consumer and representative-role predicates. |
A representative label proves authority or makes every obligation consumer debt. |
Read the definition’s relationship to §.105’s debt-purpose condition. |
| B006 — Financial-product/service connection (A/P) |
The two statutory/regulatory routes and material exclusions must be satisfied. C024–C031; S001 §.101; S003(5),(15). |
Applicable product category; unresolved nested sector rules. |
Every bill or receivable is a consumer financial product/service. |
Read only the complete generic public incorporation for the identified legal category. |
| B007 — Consumer purpose unknown (A/H) |
Debt must have been incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and relate to a qualifying product/service. C032; S001 §.105(a). |
Purpose and product relationship. |
An individual obligor automatically means consumer-purpose debt. |
Examine official generic interpretation of the precise purpose phrase, without records. |
| B008 — Creditor classification (A/H) |
The defaulted-transfer-for-another exception qualifies the creditor definition. C033; S001 Creditor. |
Origination/ownership/assignment purpose and default category. |
Being owed an obligation always settles the creditor/collector distinction. |
Read the complete definition beside the collector alternatives. |
| B009 — Principal-purpose route (A/P) |
Interstate-commerce/mail use in a principal-purpose collection business is one route. C034,C041; S001 Debt collector. |
Principal-purpose meaning/application. |
Ownership of debt automatically defeats this route. |
Seek a narrowly scoped official generic interpretation of that phrase; hold judicial merits. |
| B010 — Regular collection for another (A/P) |
The alternative includes attempts and asserted debts, direct or indirect, subject to exclusions. C034,C038; S001. |
Regularity, activity, other-person relationship. |
A collection attempt proves a valid debt or actual liability. |
Read the full generic definition and its activity-qualified exceptions. |
| B011 — Alternate-name creditor (A/H) |
Different-name own-debt collection indicating a third collector invokes the express inclusion. C035; S001. |
All representation and activity predicates. |
Every creditor is included, or every creditor is excluded. |
Examine the complete statutory-category wording without testing communications. |
| B012 — Related collector exception (A/H) |
Relationship, exclusive collection for related persons, and noncollection principal business are cumulative. C036; S001 Debt collector(i). |
Each cumulative predicate. |
Common ownership alone establishes the exclusion. |
Compare this exception with §.101’s aggregation definition. |
| B013 — Nonprofit exception (A/H) |
Nonprofit status, consumer request, bona fide counseling, and receipt/distribution assistance are required. C037; S001 Debt collector(ii). |
Activity and consumer-request categories. |
Nonprofit status alone exempts all activity. |
Read the complete exception and the separate product/service definition. |
| B014 — Originated debt (A/H) |
The exception applies to the specified collection activity concerning debt originated by that person. C038; S001 Debt collector(iii)(A). |
Origination and activity categories. |
Any later ownership is equivalent to origination. |
Examine the exact scope of “originated” in available generic official interpretation. |
| B015 — Nondefault when obtained (A/P) |
Default status when obtained, not merely a present label, controls this exclusion. C038,C041; S001(iii)(B); S013. |
Meaning of default; acquisition-time condition. |
All servicing is excluded or all later-default collection included. |
Read the complete official generic servicing explanation and preserve unresolved default questions. |
| B016 — Security-interest-only activity (A/P) |
Exclusion requires activity solely enforcing a security interest. C039; S001(iv). |
Whether additional collection activity exists; legal boundaries held. |
Any secured obligation creates a blanket exclusion. |
Seek only generic public clarification of the word “solely”; no instrument review. |
| B017 — Debt buyer/owner category (A/P) |
Apply the actual definition and exclusions; ownership alone is not dispositive. C025,C034,C040; S001,S003. |
Defined activity and acquisition/default predicates. |
Buyer label proves either coverage or immunity. |
Compare complete principal-purpose and other-owed-debt clauses without case research. |
| B018 — Affiliated company (A/H) |
Use the company/control definition and insured-institution exclusions. C019–C023; S001 §.101. |
Legal form and control category. |
Statutory affiliate, “related person,” and aggregated company are interchangeable. |
Read each distinct definition and its assigned function. |
| B019 — Ownership below percentage route (A/H) |
Failure of the25-percent route does not settle election-control or influence routes. C021–C023; S001. |
Alternative control predicates. |
Less than25 percent proves no affiliation. |
Examine the complete three-alternative control definition. |
| B020 — Institutional exclusion (A/P) |
§§5515(a)/5516(a) differ in asset boundary and affiliate wording. C017–C018; S005–S006. |
Insured category and exact statutory relationship. |
All bank-related affiliates are automatically treated alike. |
Trace only the indispensable institutional-definition clause; hold full banking law. |
| B021 — Receipt base unknown (P) |
Use prescribed income/gross-income plus COGS, not a chosen business metric. C043,C048; S001,S019. |
Complete applicable IRS classification/instructions. |
Revenue, cash recovery, profit, and assets are interchangeable. |
Read the complete necessary public IRS income/COGS instructions for the legal return category. |
| B022 — Pass-through and fee distinction (A/P) |
Collected-for-another amounts are excluded; earned collection fees remain included. C046; S001(i). |
Classification of receipt categories. |
Exclude all collected cash, or count all gross collections uniformly. |
Examine generic official treatment of the two receipt categories, not actual books. |
| B023 — Tax/capital/cost exclusions (A/P) |
Apply each express exclusion and inclusion separately. C044–C047; S001(i). |
Tax incidence, remittance, income inclusion, and cost categories. |
All expenses or taxes can be subtracted. |
Read the precise rule and necessary IRS definitions for the unresolved category. |
| B024 — Medical-origin receipts (A/P) |
Exclude receipts from debt originally owed to a medical provider. C056,C041; S001(iii)(E). |
Original-obligee legal category and term meaning. |
All medical-associated activity is outside every law. |
Seek generic official interpretation of the receipts exclusion only. |
| B025 — Market apportionment (A/P) |
Count receipts attributable to defined consumer debt collection for person and affiliates. C057; S001(b); S013 P65790. |
Attribution category and accounting authority. |
All business revenue necessarily belongs in this market. |
Read the complete apportionment explanation and any later adopted clarification. |
| B026 — Three-year branch (A/H) |
At least three completed years ordinarily invokes the three-most-recent-years average, subject to short-year treatment. C042,C049,C051; S001. |
Completed-year category. |
Three completed tax years always means three calendar years. |
Compare §.101’s definitions with all paragraph(ii) branches. |
| B027 — Younger business branch (A/P) |
Less than three completed years invokes whole-business-period receipts divided by weeks, times52. C050,C059; S001(ii)(B). |
Weeks, receipt classifications, counting conventions. |
Use a selected recent interval or an invented rounding rule. |
Read generic official guidance on any unresolved week-count convention. |
| B028 — Short tax year (A/P) |
The specific short-year/two-full-year rule controls when its predicates hold. C051,C059; S001(ii)(C). |
Short-year structure; multiple-short-year ambiguity. |
Divide any three periods by three without examining the exception. |
Seek a complete official interpretation of the unresolved short-year configuration. |
| B029 — Separate affiliate periods (A/P) |
Calculate separately even if periods differ, then aggregate. C052,C054; S001(iii)(A),(C). |
Each legal period and citation discrepancy. |
Force a consolidated uniform fiscal period without authority. |
Authenticate the correction chain and paragraph(ii) cross-reference. |
| B030 — Acquisition during period (A/H) |
Aggregate for the whole period if the specified acquisition affiliation arose during it. C053; S001(iii)(B). |
Event/period relationship. |
Count only post-acquisition receipts. |
Re-read the complete event-relative aggregation clause. |
| B031 — Former affiliate (A/H) |
Before-period cessation excludes; during-period cessation retains whole-period aggregation. C055; S001(iii)(D); S015. |
Cessation’s relation to the legal period. |
Current separation removes all historical receipts. |
Compare the adopted2015 clause with current text. |
| B032 — Exact threshold equality (A/H) |
Equality does not meet “more than”; continuing status and other authority remain separate. C058,C060,C078; S001,S002. |
Defined annual receipts and prior qualifying period. |
Equality establishes universal absence of supervision. |
Examine §.102 and §5514’s separate coverage routes. |
| B033 — Continuing status (A/H) |
The statutory-rule anchor is the first day of the tax year in which the applicable test was last met. C060–C061; S001 §.102. |
Tax-year/last-qualifying relationship. |
Two years always runs from a supervisory notice. |
Read the complete duration clause and selected adoption explanation. |
| B034 — Written initiation absent (A/H) |
The specified received written communication opens §.103(a)’s response route. C063–C064; S001. |
No communication or date supplied. |
Public category research proves an examination was initiated. |
Read only generic §.103 procedure and its trigger. |
| B035 — Affidavit/supporting material (A/H) |
Affidavit is required for the response; attachments may be included, but omitted arguments/material face the stated waiver consequence. C064–C065; S001(a)–(b). |
Submission predicates absent. |
Optional attachments mean omission can never matter. |
Compare the complete adjacent(a),(b), and(e) clauses. |
| B036 — Nonresponse (A/H) |
The rule states deemed acknowledgment after failure to respond within the prescribed period, subject to modification authority. C066,C069; S001. |
Actual notice/response/modification facts absent. |
It admits misconduct, debt validity, or all jurisdictional questions. |
Read the exact scope of the acknowledgment provision. |
| B037 — Director review (A/P) |
Required review includes relevant additional information and an explanatory electronic statement. C067,C070; S001(c). |
No formal burden, decision deadline, or review outcome supplied. |
Assume a trial, automatic reversal, or fixed turnaround. |
Identify any later generic adopted procedural clarification; hold judicial remedies. |
| B038 — Pre-initiation information request (A/H) |
The Director may request assessment information before formal initiation; the request specifies the response period. C068–C069; S001(d)–(e). |
Request and prescribed period absent. |
Only an already-proven larger participant may ever receive a status-information request. |
Read the complete assessment authority and applicable statutory limitations. |
| B039 — Extension/counting issue (A/P) |
Time modification is discretionary; no calendar/business-day or receipt convention is supplied by §.103 itself. C069–C070; S001(e). |
Complete applicable counting authority. |
Import another Part’s business-day definition or compute a date. |
Seek a generic rule expressly governing this procedure’s time computation. |
| B040 — Later-year dispute (P) |
Preamble footnote45 describes later challenge possibilities after declining receipts and outside the continuation period. C071; S012 P42882. |
Any controlling later adopted or judicial treatment. |
Treat preamble explanation as a universal judicial remedy. |
Examine only later public rulemaking clarification within scope; hold cases. |
| B041 — Confidentiality/publication (A/P) |
Supervisory information may be confidential under specified definitions and exceptions; no public-directory entitlement follows. C083–C091; S020–S021,S004. |
Full applicable disclosure exception or access regime. |
Everything is public, or nothing can ever be disclosed. |
Read the narrow complete Part1070 exception if a generic disclosure question is separately scoped. |
| B042 — Cross-reference inconsistency (P) |
The .105 example and1070.2(i)(4) discrepancies remain visible. C010,C090; S001,S014,S020–S021. |
Authentic corrective or intervening adopted instrument. |
Silently substitute a preferred citation. |
Search only official correction/amendment bodies for the precise clause. |
| B043 — Service provider (A/P) |
Material service, statutory exceptions, own-product rule, and §5514(e) analogy are distinct. C027–C029,C080; S003,S002,S007. |
Nested bank-service/application authority. |
Every vendor is a service provider or inherits a bank’s notice duty identically. |
Complete only the indispensable public incorporation before stating an operational duty. |
| B044 — Professional category (A/P) |
The practice-of-law limit has activity, relationship, and preserved-authority qualifications. C082; S008(e),(n). |
State-law practice boundary and enumerated-law application. |
A license is blanket immunity or proof of supervision. |
Read generic statutory exceptions; hold professional records and judicial classifications. |
| B045 — Other supervision/enforcement (A/P) |
Failing this market test does not resolve the other §5514 routes or all enforcement authority. C078–C081; S002. |
Separate route’s complete predicates/incorporations. |
Below-threshold status means every federal authority disappears. |
Examine the particular generic statutory route only if separately scoped. |
| B046 — Registration/license/legitimacy (A/H) |
Definition, supervision, registration, licensing, and legitimacy requirements are distinct. C076–C077,C092–C093; S001–S004. |
No registration, license, verification, or compliance evidence. |
A category or listing is endorsement. |
Read public implementing authority without consulting any roster or entity record. |
| B047 — Penalty/private remedy (H) |
No amount, private claim, cancellation, or recovery follows from the selected criterion alone. C094; S001,S002(c). |
Complete substantive enforcement/remedy law. |
Supervision guarantees compensation or invalidates a debt. |
Identify the exact separately scoped public remedy provision before any claim. |
| B048 — Broader A091 profile (H) |
Public legal categories do not establish actual ownership, service, contact, hardship practice, complaints, negotiation policy, or litigation position. C092–C096. |
All profile facts and other legal regimes are outside this pass. |
This report authenticates or recommends a provider. |
Define a separate generic methodology component; no identifying inquiry is authorized here. |