The Arizona Attorney General's Office is the source of the information in the below two pages. The link is, http://www.azag.gov/cybercrime/ID%20Theft%20Brochure.pdf. This takes you to the complete brochure from which the two pages below were excerpted.
The rules below are designed to minimize your chance of identity theft...meaning having money stolen from you, or putting you in debt. Of course, it is valuable to know that you have a right to your credit report once a year at no cost to you! I think that this is a right that we should all exercise. The information is below.
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