Form to seek recovery from fund provided to protect clients from losses caused by a dishonest attorney. The form begins: "I hereby apply to the Minnesota Client Security Board for payment of a loss I claim I suffered because of my lawyer's dishonesty. I understand that payment by the Board is discretionary and not a matter of right." See the Client Security Board web site for frequently asked questions about the Board, for instructions for using this claim form, and instructions about claim procedures.

According to the Complaint form page:

"The Dairy and Food Inspection Division, or delegated local health agency, has jurisdiction over grocery and convenience stores, bakeries, meat markets, wholesale food manufacturing plants, dairy processing plants, dairy farms, and milk hauling trucks. The Minnesota Department of Health or local health agency, licenses and inspects restaurants, cafes, and alcoholic beverage establishments. If a facility is not licensed by us, we will refer it to the proper local, state or federal agency that has jurisdiction."

"The Minnesota Attorney General's Office provides free mediation to resolve disputes between Minnesota consumers and businesses." Here's how and where you start the process.

"If you witness a suspected violation of health department regulations, patient and residents' rights or the MN Vulnerable Adults Protection Act (physical or mental abuse, neglect, or unexplained injury) call the Office of Health Facility Complaints (OHFC).

Complaints, questions, or concerns must relate to licensed facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, assisted living and home health agencies)."

This page has a link to the complaint filing form and also an Email address for making complaints by E-mail.

For utilities complaints.

Complaint types accepted include: disability access to communications services and equipment, junk fax, telemarketing, prerecorded messages and do-not-call, wired telephone, wireless telephone, Internet service and VoIP, broadcast (TV and radio), cable and satellite issues, and tower light outages and signal interference.

"The Federal Trade Commission ... collects complaints about companies, business practices, identity theft, and episodes of violence in the media.

... "Your complaints can help us detect patterns of wrong-doing, and lead to investigations and prosecutions. ... The FTC does not resolve individual consumer complaints."

"Use this form to submit a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection about a particular company or organization. ...

While the FTC does not resolve individual consumer problems, your complaint helps us investigate fraud, and can lead to law enforcement action. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel?, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide."

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