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discharge as of the time of referral. The COURT shall promptly inform the AGENCY, in writing, of <br />any notice they receive that concerns any bankruptcy filing by any consumer. <br />5. Compliance with Laws. <br />Collection activities by the AGENCY shall be in strict compliance with all State and Federal laws <br />existing at the time of collection activity. These laws included, but not limited to, Chapter 19.16 <br />RCW (the Collection Agency Act), Chapter 19.86 RCW (the Consumer Protection Act), RCW <br />3.02.045 (governing use of collection agencies by courts of limited jurisdiction), Public Law 95-109 <br />(the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) and all applicable laws and regulations of the United States <br />Departments of Postal Services and the Federal Trade Commission. <br />6. Legal Action & Work to be Performed. <br />The AGENCY shall do all work and furnish all equipment, labor and materials necessary to collect <br />unpaid judgments assigned to the AGENCY by the COURT. The judgments assigned will be chosen <br />at the sole discretion of the COURT. <br />6.1. The AGENCY will provide a thirty -day notice for the COURT prior to assigning the judgments <br />for collections. The AGENCY will bear all expenses for the producing of this notice. This final <br />notice will be designed to meet the approval of the COURT and will reflect that payment is to be <br />made to the COURT. A representative of the AGENCY will be made available to the COURT <br />for the purpose of collection preparation. <br />6.2. The AGENCY will make all reasonable efforts to collect the COURT'S judgments without <br />litigation. <br />6.3. Additional legal action by the AGENCY will be taken only after reasonable collection efforts <br />have been made. Unless otherwise agreed, legal costs and fees will be paid by the AGENCY <br />and not the COURT, and will be recoverable from the consumer where allowed by applicable <br />law, out of first monies recovered. <br />7. Insurance and Surety Requirements. <br />For the duration of this contract, the AGENCY shall maintain in full force and effect and shall <br />provide evidence of all insurance required by Lower Kittitas County District Court, including, but not <br />limited to, evidence of insurance against personal injury liability, comprehensive general liability, <br />workers compensation and automobile liability insurance. The AGENCY's insurance shall name <br />Kittitas County additional insured and said coverage shall be primary and non-contributory. <br />Additionally, the AGENCY will provide a fidelity bond in the sum of $1,000,000.00. Enclosed <br />please see Attachment A: Certificate of Insurance. <br />The AGENCY hereby waives all rights of recourse, including any right to which another may be <br />subrogated, against Kittitas County for personal injury, including death, and property damage. <br />The AGENCY will assume full responsibility for all loss or damage from any cause whatsoever to <br />any tools, the AGENCY's employee -owned tools, machinery, equipment, or motor vehicles owned or <br />rented by the AGENCY, or the AGENCY's agents, suppliers or contractors. <br />