Penalty Amount
$100,000
Domuso, Inc., a rent payment processor, settled with the Colorado Attorney General for charging illegal surcharges on credit/debit card rent payments. The settlement requires Domuso to cap fees at 2%, end fee-sharing with properties, provide cost-free payment options, and pay $100,000. The company must also comply with Colorado's surcharge and junk fees laws.
Domuso must cap Certified Funds Fees at 2% of total payment, end all fee-sharing or revenue-sharing agreements with Colorado properties, provide a cost-free payment option reasonably accessible to all consumers, support continued acceptance of paper checks, and pay $100,000 to the state. It must also provide annual compliance reports for two years detailing Colorado properties, payment methods, and fees.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements with payment processors, property management agreements, and any fee-sharing arrangements. Specifically, check clauses related to surcharge fees, disclosure requirements, revenue sharing, and compliance with state consumer protection laws. Ensure that any percentage-based fees are capped and disclosed, and that cost-free payment alternatives are offered. Also review contracts for indemnification and compliance with junk fees laws.
Entity
Domuso, Inc.
Industry
Financial ServicesOfficial Press Release
https://coag.gov/press-releases/rent-payment-processing-company-domuso-agrees-to-comply-with-colorado-consumer-and-credit-laws/
Final Domuso Consent Judgment Executed
https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2026/07/Final-Domuso-Consent-Judgment-Executed.pdf
Final.Domuso Complaint
https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2026/07/Final.Domuso-Complaint.pdf
Colorado Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://coag.gov/
"Domuso, Inc."
"pay $100,000 to the state of Colorado"
"Colorado’s surcharge statute"
"Colorado’s junk fees law"
"3.25% Certified Funds Fee that Domuso charged to tenants when they used a credit or debit card to pay rent was an illegal surcharge under state law"
"fee sharing agreement with at least one property"
$694.0M
Colorado and 40 other states entered into a settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC), one of the nation's largest subprime auto lenders, resolving allegations that CAC originated car loans it knew or should have known consumers could not afford and that it failed to reasonably prevent dealers in its network from deceptively 'packing' Vehicle Service Contract and GAP add-on products into CAC-financed purchases. The settlement provides $694 million in cash and debt relief to consumers plus an additional $15 million to the attorneys general, and imposes injunctive reforms including loan 'off ramps,' enhanced pre-purchase and pre-loan disclosures, dealer monitoring, and a seven-year price cap at 109% of retail book value. Note: this is a consumer-lending enforcement action, not a data privacy matter; the 'dark_patterns' category is the closest available fit for the deceptive add-on sales allegations.
$30K
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Sares Regis Group, a Denver-metro property management company, after an investigation found it told prospective tenants that rental subsidies and housing vouchers were not accepted at its properties, in violation of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and the Colorado Consumer Protection Act. Under the settlement, the company must adopt written source-of-income policies, train leasing employees, submit a compliance report to the AG's office, and refrain from misrepresenting its voucher acceptance, and it pays $30,000 to the Housing Rights Initiative. Note: this is a fair-housing enforcement action, not a privacy matter, so no privacy violation taxonomy categories apply.
$150K
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Corporate Certificates, LLC and FL UCC Statement Service, LLC resolving allegations that the companies mailed marketing materials to Colorado businesses designed to look like official government invoices, without the statutorily required disclaimers and with purported deadlines implying a legal duty. Under the stipulated consent judgment, the companies will pay $150,000 in refunds and fees and permanently cease all operations in Colorado. The companies had ignored prior warning notices and stopped operating in Colorado in August 2025 after the AG obtained a preliminary injunction.
$300K
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Avail Property Management Inc. and PK Management, LLC resolving allegations that the companies denied prospective tenants housing based on criminal history information prohibited under Colorado's Rental Application Fairness Act, including arrests, deferred judgments, and convictions older than five years (some more than 20 years old). The companies, which managed nearly 4,000 rental units across Colorado, relied on a third-party background screening service despite legal prohibitions. Under the settlement, they must change screening practices, review vendor recommendations rather than relying on them automatically, submit to two years of compliance reporting, and pay $300,000.
Attorney General Weiser joined a coalition of attorneys general in suing to block new unlawful conditions on Title X funding imposed by HHS, which would penalize states and providers that refuse to abandon nondiscrimination initiatives or conform to the administration's ideological vision of family planning. The lawsuit argues the conditions conflict with federal law, violate the Administrative Procedure Act, and are unconstitutionally vague.
$1.4M
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Cobblestone Denver Opco, LLC (Cobblestone Car Wash) over allegations that the company used unfair automatic renewal practices for monthly membership fees. The company failed to provide proper disclosures, notices, terms, and cancellation options, locking over 70,000 consumers into auto-renewal contracts. Cobblestone will pay $1,353,465 in restitution, has already refunded $253,406 to consumers, and must comply with the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, including providing easy-to-access cancellation options and 25-day advance notice of price increases.