Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
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Auto Fraud
Colorado's Motor Vehicle Repair Act
(Separate Website)
When getting your car repaired, you have rights under the Colorado Motor Vehicle Repair Act.
By: Colorado District Attorney
Auto Industry Enforcement Group
(Separate Website)
The purpose of the administration is to serve and protect consumers while fostering a clean and healthy industry.
By: Colorado Department of Revenue
Insurance and Your Rights
(Separate Website)
Assists consumers with insurance issues, and regulates the insurance industry in Colorado.
By: Colorado Division of Insurance
What you Should Know about Writing Checks
A new law allows many individual checks to be processed electronically as soon as a consumer writes one, meaning they can clear within minutes. This resource informs you of your rights.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Colorado No-Call List
(Separate Website)
Add or remove your residential telephone or fax numbers to the Official No-Call List. By adding your telephone or fax number(s), telemarketers will not be able to call you.
By: ColoradoNoCall.com
Be a Better Buyer - Newsletter from the Better Business Bureau
(Separate Website)
The BBB knows your money is valuable to you. It is their mission to promote an ethical marketplace in order to prevent consumers and businesses from running into bad deals.
By: Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau
Car Buying Tips
(Separate Website)
This website will help you think through your car purchase decision and will provide an understanding of what your obligations and rights are as a car owner.
By: Colorado Auto Industry Division
Complete and Print Out Small Claims Forms Online
(Separate Website)
This is available for individuals who need to complete the court forms necessary to file a Small Claims action in Colorado.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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Consumer Credit in Colorado
(Separate Website)
A Colorado law which regulates how much you can be charged for credit, restricts what can happen to you if you pay late and defines what information must be provided to you before you commit to any credit transaction. The law is the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and this resource highlights that law.
By: Department of Law, State of Colorado
Consumer Protection Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
The purpose of this resource is to help Seniors learn the red flags of fraud; recognize
when someone is trying to victimize them; learn when to say "no" and close the door
or hang up the phone; know how to report fraud to the appropriate agencies; and empower the consumer. (Chapter 11 of The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
Free Legal Information from LawLine9
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This program is designed to provide information on options, legal information and suggestions where the individual may go for legal assistance. They are designed to aid understanding of legal issues and not designed to provide specific legal advice for individual circumstances.
By: Denver Bar Association
How to Complain about Your Bank
This handout is focused on individual banking issues with checking accounts, personal loans, and mortgages, generally in relatively small amounts. Some of this information may be helpful in getting started on resolution of more complicated disputes over larger sums with institutions that don't offer retail financial services, but it concentrates on the average citizen's everyday banking matters.
How to seal a court record The court can seal police contact records, arrest records, indictments, summons and complaint, court files, or any other record held by a criminal justice agency about the incident, click the title to learn more.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Information on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
(Separate Website)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Read on to learn about the regulation the CPSC enforces.
By: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Know Your Rights
(Separate Website)
If government agents question you, it is important to understand your rights. You should be careful in the way you speak when approached by the police, FBI or DHS. If you give answers, they can be used against you in a criminal, immigration, or civil case.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
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Spanish / Español
Know Your Rights! What to do if questioned by Police, FBI, Customs Agents or Immigration Officers.
(Separate Website)
This resource addresses an individual's rights depending on age, situation, location and citizenship status, read the pamphlet to find out more.
By: National Lawyers Guild
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Office of Dispute Resolution
(Separate Website)
If you have a legal dispute, the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) may be able to help. This link will take you to their homepage. The ODR exists to establish and make available dispute resolution programs and services within the Colorado Judicial Branch.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch
Rebates and Deferrals for the Elderly and Disabled in Colorado
(Separate Website)
If you are 65 or older, you may qualify for the Homestead Exception; and if your income falls below a certain level, you could qualify for a rebate or deferral of your property taxes.
By: Colorado Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Service Division
Service of Process Video
(Separate Website)
This informative video will teach you about Service of Process.
What is a Contempt Citation?
When someone files a contempt citation against you, it means they are asking the Judge to punish you because they believe you have violated a court order.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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