Idaho

Consumer protection

The Idaho attorney general's office is responsible for investigating consumer complaints and enforcing most consumer laws. The Department of Finance administers the Idaho Credit Code and resolves consumer credit complaints under that law. The legislature has enacted Idaho's consumer protection, telephone solicitation, and pay-per-telephone call acts for purposes of protecting both consumers and businesses against unfair or deceptive acts in trade and commerce, and to provide efficient and economical procedures to secure such protection. The Idaho Consumer Protection Unit seeks to fulfill this charge through education, mediation, and enforcement efforts. In 1990, the Idaho Consumer Protection Act was modernized, and in 1992 the Telephone Solicitation and Pay-Per-Telephone Call Acts were passed, as well as the Charitable Solicitation Act in 1993.