56:11-34 - Disclosure to consumer

56:11-34  Disclosure to consumer.

7.  Every consumer reporting agency shall, upon request and proper identification of any consumer, clearly and accurately disclose to the consumer:

a.  All information in the consumer's file at the time of the request.

b.  The sources of the information; except that the sources of information acquired solely for use in preparing an investigative consumer report and actually used for no other purpose need not be disclosed: provided, that if an action is brought under this act or the federal "Fair Credit Reporting Act," such sources shall be available to the plaintiff under appropriate discovery procedures in the court in which the action is brought.

c. (1) The identification of each person, including each end-user identified under subsections d. and e. of section 5 of this act, who procured a consumer report:

(a)  for employment purposes, during the two-year period preceding the date on which the request is made; or

(b)  for any other purpose, during the one-year period preceding the date on which the request is made.

(2)  An identification of a person under paragraph (1) shall include:

(a)  the name of the person, or, if applicable, the trade name written in full under which the person conducts business; and

(b)  upon request of the consumer, the address and telephone number of the person.

d.  The dates, original payees, and amounts of any checks upon which is based any adverse characterization of the consumer, included in the file at the time of the disclosure.

e.  A record of all inquiries received by the agency during the one-year period preceding the request that identified the consumer in connection with a credit or insurance transaction that was not initiated by the consumer.

L.1997,c.172,s.7.