§ 51-31-02 — Initial fraud alerts

Upon the direct request of a consumer or an individual acting on behalf of or as a personal
representative of a consumer, who asserts in good faith a suspicion that the consumer has been
or is about to become a victim of fraud or related crime, including identity theft, a consumer
reporting agency that maintains a file on the consumer and has received appropriate proof of
the identity of the requester shall include a fraud alert in the file of that consumer. The consumer
reporting agency shall continue that alert along with any credit score generated in using that file,
for a period of not less than ninety days beginning on the date of the request, unless the
consumer or the consumer's representative requests that the fraud alert be removed before the
end of the period and the agency has received appropriate proof of the identity of the requester
for that purpose.