50-715. Civil liability for willful noncompliance. Any consumer reporting agency or user of information which willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under K.S.A. 50-701 to 50-722, inclusive, and amendments thereto, with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of
(a) any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;
(b) such amount of punitive damages as the court may allow; and
(c) in the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.
History: L. 1973, ch. 85, ยง 150; Jan. 1, 1974.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 50 - Unfair Trade And Consumer Protection
Article 7 - Fair Credit Reporting
50-702 Definitions and rules of construction.
50-703 Permissible purposes of reports.
50-705 Disclosure of investigative consumer reports.
50-707 Disclosures to governmental agencies.
50-708 Disclosures to consumers.
50-709 Conditions of disclosure to consumers.
50-710 Procedure in case of disputed accuracy.
50-711 Charges for certain disclosures.
50-712 Public record information for employment purposes.
50-713 Restrictions on investigative consumer reports.
50-714 Requirements on users of consumer reports.
50-715 Civil liability for willful noncompliance.
50-716 Civil liability for negligent noncompliance.
50-717 Jurisdiction of courts; limitation of actions.
50-718 Obtaining information under false pretenses.
50-719 Unauthorized disclosures by officers or employees.
50-721 Enforcement by consumer credit commissioner.
50-723 Security freeze on consumer report; requirements; procedure; damages.
50-724 Security freeze; exceptions.
50-725 Security freeze for protected consumers; requirements; procedure.