Kansas Statutes 50-703. Permissible purposes of reports
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-703
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other:
(a) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order;
(b) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates; and
(c) to a person which it has reason to believe
(1) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer; or
(2) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or
(3) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer; or
(4) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer’s eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant’s financial responsibility or status; or
(5) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer.