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# Consumer complaint and credit-report guides

Use these guides to understand official forms, recipient instructions, supporting documents, and mailing records. Always check the current agency, bureau, contract, or statutory requirements before sending a time-sensitive legal notice.

## Common situations
- Requesting your annual credit report by mail
- Filing a consumer complaint with a state attorney general
- Disputing inaccurate or incomplete credit-report information through official bureau channels
- Responding to a debt collector with a validation or dispute letter
- Canceling dealership add-ons such as vehicle service contracts, GAP, or prepaid maintenance
- Canceling a recent timeshare purchase under the contract and governing state law

## Articles
- [Timeshare rescission letter: cancel a recent timeshare purchase by mail](/letters/timeshare-rescission-letter)
- [Cancel an extended car warranty or dealer add-on by mail](/letters/cancel-extended-car-warranty-letter)
- [How to send a debt validation letter by mail](/consumer/debt-validation-letter-by-mail)
- [How to dispute credit-report errors by mail](/consumer/dispute-credit-report-errors-by-mail)
- [Credit-report dispute letter and mailing checklist](/credit-report-dispute-letter-certified-mail)
- [Annual Credit Report Request Form PDF by mail](/consumer/annual-credit-report-request-form-by-mail)
- [Where to mail the Annual Credit Report Request Form](/consumer/where-to-mail-annual-credit-report-request-form)
- [Indiana Attorney General consumer complaint form guide](/consumer/indiana-attorney-general-consumer-complaint-form-guide)
- [How to send the same letter to 20 addresses without printing](/send-one-dispute-letter-to-20-addresses-without-printing)
- [Debt validation letter mailing guide](/guides/debt-validation-letter)
- [Credit card extended warranty claims by mail](/credit-card-extended-warranty-claim-by-mail)

## Official credit-report resources
- [AnnualCreditReport.com](https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action)
- [CFPB credit-report dispute instructions](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/how-do-i-dispute-an-error-on-my-credit-report-en-314/)
- [CFPB sample dispute letters](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/credit-reports-and-scores/sample-letters-dispute-credit-report-information/)
- [FTC guide to disputing credit-report errors](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/disputing-errors-your-credit-reports)
- [IdentityTheft.gov](https://www.identitytheft.gov/)

## Related forms
- [Vehicle Service Contract Cancellation Packets](/forms/vehicle-service-contract-cancellation)
- [Debt Validation Packets](/forms/debt-validation-packets)
- [Annual Credit Report Request Form PDF and mail-in workflow](/forms/annual-credit-report-request)
- [Equifax dispute workflow](/forms/equifax-dispute)
- [Experian dispute workflow](/forms/experian-dispute)
- [California consumer complaint preparation kit](/forms/ca-consumer-complaint)

## Related resources
- [Fill out official PDF forms online](/fill-out-official-pdf-forms-online)