The provisions of sections 36a-655 to 36a-665, inclusive, shall not apply to the following:

1. (1) Any attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state who engages in debt adjustment as an ancillary matter to such attorney's representation of a client;
2. (2) any bank, fiduciary or financing or lending institution authorized to transact business in this state or any other state, which performs debt adjustment in the regular course of its principal business;
3. (3) any title insurance or abstract company authorized to transact business in this state or any other state, while doing an escrow business; and
4. (4) any person acting pursuant to any law of this state or of the United States or acting under the order of a court.

(1967, P.A. 882, S. 15; P.A. 73-357; P.A. 79-160, S. 8; P.A. 92-67, S. 8, 9; P.A. 11-216, S. 37.)

History: P.A. 73-357 added Subsec. (b) exempting bona fide nonprofit cooperative organizations offering debt adjustment services exclusively for members from chapter provisions except Secs. 36-364, 36-371, 36-372, 36-374, 36-375, 36-376, 36-377, 36-379 and 36-381; P.A. 79-160 deleted exemption from bona fide nonprofit, religious, fraternal or cooperative organization (Subsec. (a)(5) and Subsec. (b)) and exemption for employees of licensees when acting in the regular course of employment; P.A. 92-67 added exception for banks, fiduciaries or financing or lending institutions authorized to transact business in any other state; Sec. 36-378 transferred to Sec. 36a-663 in 1995; P.A. 11-216 amended Subdiv. (1) to replace “when engaged in such practice” with “who engages in debt adjustment as an ancillary matter to such attorney's representation of a client”.