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Consumer Complaint Resources

One of the ways you can use this resource is by providing this information as evidence when submitting a complaint to various consumer protection agencies your country and/ or state/ province.

Index: Resources by Country

United States

Federal consumer protection complaints

US Citizens can file a complaint for false claims directly with the US Federal Trade Commission through one of the following mechanisms:

State-by-state consumer protection complaints

Below is a table that displays the appropriate information for each state. An explanation of the table is at the bottom of this page. However, in most cases you merely need to click on the link for your state in order to begin the process.

State-by-state consumer protection complaints
State State Abbreviation Complaint URL Specific Regulation AG Sues Private Party Can sue?
Alabama AL https://www.alabamaag.gov/consumercomplaint §13A-9-42 yes yes
Alaska AK http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/cp_complaint.html §45.50.471(b) yes yes
Arizona AZ https://consumer-complaint.azag.gov/publiccomplaint/begin.aspx §44-1522; §13-2203 yes petition ag
Arkansas AR https://arkansasag.gov/resources/contact-us/file-a-consumer-complaint/ §4-88-107 yes petition ag
California CA https://www.dca.ca.gov/consumers/complaints/index.shtml Bus. & Prof. §17500 et seq yes yes
Colorado CO https://coag.gov/file-complaint/report-consumer-fraud/ §6-1-105 yes yes
Connecticut CT https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/Complaint-Center/Complaint-Forms-and-Procedures §42-110b yes yes
Delaware DE https://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/fraud/cmu/complaint/ Tit. 6 §2532 yes direct victims or likely victims
Florida FL https://www.fdacs.gov/Contact-Us/File-a-Complaint §§501.201, et seq. no yes
Georgia GA https://consumer.georgia.gov/resolve-your-dispute/how-do-i-file-complaint/consumer-complaint-form#no-back §§10-1-420, 421 no yes
Hawaii HI http://cca.hawaii.gov/ocp/consumer-complaint/ §481A-3; 708.871 Criminal Code no yes
Idaho ID https://www.ag.idaho.gov/office-resources/online-forms/?form=3DFile%20a%20Complaint&complaint=3DConsumer%20Complaint 48-603 yes yes
Illinois IL https://ccformsubmission.ilag.gov/ §815 ILCS 510/2 yes yes
Indiana IN https://indianaattorneygeneral.secure.force.com/ConsumerComplaintForm §35-43-5-3 yes yes
Iowa IA https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/for-consumers/file-a-consumer-complaint/complaint-form §714.16; §126.16 yes no
Kansas KS https://ag.ks.gov/complaint-center/consumer §50-626 yes yes
Kentucky KY https://secure.kentucky.gov/formservices/AttorneyGeneral/ScamReport §367.170 yes yes
Louisiana LA http://www.ag.state.la.us/Form/Consumer/Dispute 51:411 yes direct victims or likely victims
Maine ME https://www.maine.gov/pfr/consumercredit/complaint_form.htm Tit. 10 §1212 yes direct victims or likely victims
Maryland MD https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/pages/cpd/complaint.aspx or email Consumer@oag.state.md.us Com. Law §13-301 yes yes
Massachusetts MA https://massago.onbaseonline.com/MASSAGO/1700AppNet/UnityForm.aspx?key=3DUFKey (Ch. 93A §2); (Ch. 266 §91, et seq.) yes yes
Michigan MI https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-97937---,00.html §445.903 yes yes
Minnesota MN https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Complaint.asp §325 D.44 yes direct victims or likely victims
Mississippi MS https://www.ago.state.ms.us/divisions/consumer-protection/ §75-24-5 yes yes
Missouri MO https://ago.mo.gov/app/consumercomplaint §75-24-5 yes yes
Montana MT https://app.doj.mt.gov/OCPPortal/?q=3Dnode/396 §407.020 yes yes
Nebraska NE https://protectthegoodlife.nebraska.gov/file-consumer-complaint §87-302 yes direct victims or likely victims
Nevada NV https://consumeraffairs.nv.gov/About/File_a_complaint/ §598.0915, 207.171 yes yes
New Hampshire NH https://www.doj.nh.gov/consumer/ §358A:2 yes yes
New Jersey NJ https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Pages/Consumer-Complaints.aspx §56:8-2 yes yes
New Mexico NM https://www.nmag.gov/file-a-complaint.aspx §§57-15-1,2 yes direct victims or likely victims
New York NY https://dos.ny.gov/consumer-services#file-a-complaint Gen. Bus. §350 yes yes
North Carolina NC https://ncdoj.gov/file-a-complaint/consumer-complaint/ §§75-1.1; 75-29 yes yes
North Dakota ND https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/consumer-resources/consumer-complaints/general-complaint §§51-12-01; 51-12-08 yes direct victims or likely victims
Ohio OH https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/New-Complaint.aspx §4165.02 yes direct victims or likely victims
Oklahoma OK https://www.oag.ok.gov/consumer-protection Tit. 15 §753 yes yes
Oregon OR https://justice.oregon.gov/consumercomplaints/ §646.608 yes yes
Pennsylvania PA https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/submit-a-complaint/ Tit. 73§201-2 and 3 yes yes
Rhode Island RI https://riag.wufoo.com/forms/q1851amb1bdd4d5/ §6.13.1-1 yes direct victims or likely victims
South Carolina SC https://consumer.sc.gov/consumer-resources/consumer-complaints (§39-5-10) (§39-5-20) yes direct victims or likely victims
South Dakota SD https://atglaserfiche.sd.gov/Forms/ConsumerComplaintForm §37-24-6 yes yes
Tennessee TN https://stateoftennessee.formstack.com/forms/dca §47-18-104 yes yes
Texas TX https://txoag.secure.force.com/CPDOnlineForm/ Bus. & Com. §17.46 yes yes
Utah UT https://dcp.utah.gov/complaints.html?f=c §13-11a-3 yes yes
Vermont VT https://ago.vermont.gov/consumer-assistance-program-complaint-form/ Tit. 9 §2453 yes direct victims or likely victims
Virginia VA https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint §59.1-200 yes direct victims or likely victims
Washington WA https://www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint §19.86.020 yes direct victims or likely victims
Washington DC DC https://doag-sandbox.force.com/dcoagcomplaints/s/submit-complaint?language=3Den_US §28-3904 no yes
West Virginia WV https://appengine.egov.com/apps/wv/ago/consumercomplaint (§46A-6-102) (§46A-6-104) no direct victims or likely victims
Wisconsin WI https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/FileConsumerComplaint.aspx §423.301 no yes
Wyoming WY https://ag.wyo.gov/law-office-division/consumer-protection-and-antitrust-unit/consumer-complaints §40-12-105 yes yes

Understanding the table

Each of the 50 states and DC have an office of some kind, under the purview of that state's Attorney General, that handles consumer protection. This table lists the state as well as a couple of key pieces of information that we'll describe below:

  1. Complaint URL is a link you can follow to find out more about how your state handles consumer complaints. Some of these links go directly to a form that you can use to begin your complaint whereas others simply provide documentation on how to submit a complaint.
  2. Specific Regulation is a specific law/ regulation in that state that discusses consumer protection and false claims. You should reference that regulation when submitting your complaint
  3. "AG Sues" is simply an indication of whether the state's Attorney General will sue violators of the consumer protection laws of that state.
  4. Private Party Can Sue? is an indication of whether a private citizen of that state can also sue for violation of the consumer protection laws of that state. You will encounter 3 possible values in that cell:
    1. No which, of course, means that citizens can't sue (likely because that's handled by the Attorney General)
    2. Yes which means that any private citizen of the state can sue
    3. Direct Victims means that only a citizen of that state who have fallen victim of a false claim can file suit.
    4. Likely Victim means that a citizen of that state who would potentially fall victim can file a suit. In the context of overlays, if you are the owner or otherwise have pecuniary interest in a business that has a website, you're in this category.

Canada

By Province

Follow the links below to find out more about filing a consumer complaint for each province: