helpful resources

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Arkansas Insurance Commissioners: 1-501-371-2600

Call if you feel you have not been treated fairly by an insurance company

Arkansas Fair Housing:  1-501-682-3247 

National Bankruptcy:  1-866-222-8029 

You can call and enter SS# or name and find out if they have a pending bankruptcy, the status and the attorneys name & phone number.

Faulkner County Tax Assessor:  1-501-450-4905

Call and ask who is the owner of a piece of property. Give them the physical address and they will tell you the owners name and sometimes a phone number or address. Use this to verify landlords when checking tenants apps.

HUD:  1-800-767-7468 

Call and order booklets, Fair Housing, Discrimination etc.

Consumer Reporting Agency: 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (567-8688) 

Call this number to stop receiving “pre-screened” credit card offers

National “DO NOT CALL: 1-888-382-1222 

Call this number to have your phone number put on the Do not call list to help stop phone solicitors. You can list all of your phones including cell phones, but you must place the call from each phone. You can only add the one you are calling from at the time.

Free Annual Credit Report:  1-877-322-8228 

As of June 1 2005 Arkansans became eligible for an annual free credit report. This one is from the 3 credit reporting companies. And it is free, it is to let people check their own credit at least once a year to help prevent ID Theft. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH “Free credit report .com” 

Social Security Fraud Hotline:   1-800-269-0271 

 If you think you have been a victim of ID theft 

Federal Trade Commission:  1-877-438-4338 

Call if you have been a victim of ID theft

Id Theft: Call and let them know if you are a victim of ID theft.

Equifax Credit bureau:  1-800-525-6285

Experian Credit Bureau:  1-888-397-3742 

Trans Union Credit Bureau:  1-800-680-7289 

Call these numbers to obtain a copy of your credit report

1-888-397-3742 Experian

1-800-685-1111 Equifax 

1-800-916-8800 Trans Union

Ark Health Dept. 1-501-661-2833 or 

Emergency Communication center 1-800-554-5738