50-708. Disclosures to consumers.

50-708

Chapter 50.--UNFAIR TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Article 7.--FAIR CREDIT REPORTING

      50-708.   Disclosures to consumers.(a) Every consumer reporting agency shall, upon request and properidentification of any consumer, clearly and accurately disclose to theconsumer:

      (1)   The nature and substance of all information (except medicalinformation) in its files on the consumer at the time of the request.

      (2)   The sources of the information; except that the sources ofinformation acquired solely for use in preparing an investigative consumerreport and actually used for no other purpose need not be disclosed:Provided, That in the event an action is brought under the provisionsof K.S.A. 50-701 to 50-722, inclusive, and amendments thereto, suchsources shall be available to the plaintiff under appropriate discoveryprocedures in the court in which the action is brought.

      (3)   The recipients of any consumer report on the consumer which it hasfurnished

      (A)   for employment purposes within the two-year period preceding therequest, and

      (B)   for any other purpose within the six-month period preceding therequest.

      (b)   The requirements of subsection (a) respecting the disclosure ofsources of information and the recipients of consumer reports do not applyto information received or consumer reports furnished prior to theeffective date of this act except to the extent that the matter involved iscontained in the files of the consumer reporting agency on that date.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 85, § 143; Jan. 1, 1974.