Collection agency (Austria)

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Debt collection companies , also called debt collection agencies and debt collection institutes , are service companies that are entitled to offer the extrajudicial collection of third-party claims in a third-party name ( Section 118 (1) and (2 ) GewO ).

The remuneration of the collection agencies is capped by law.

See also

literature

  • Walter Seitz (Hrsg.): Inkasso-Handbuch: Law and Practice of Inkassowesens . Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 4th edition. CHBeck , 2015, ISBN 978-3-406-51560-6 (When using, the proximity of the work to the BDIU must be taken into account (Jäckle, VuR  2016, 60 fn. 4 with references))

Web links

Commons :  Collection agencies - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Debt Collection Association Austria (IVÖ)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Consolidated federal law: Entire legal provision for maximum rates of fees due to debt collection agencies, version dated March 16, 2017. In: ris.bka.gv.at. RIS , March 16, 2017, accessed March 16, 2017 .