LD 788
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LR 1491
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6.__Prescribed terms.__A lender may not make a deferred deposit
loan with a term of less than 7 days or more than 40 days.

 
7.__Maximum loan amount.__A lender may not lend an amount
greater than $700 or 25% of the gross monthly income of a
consumer, whichever is less, and the amount financed may not
exceed $700 at any time.

 
8.__Maximum amount of instrument.__An instrument held as a
result of a deferred deposit loan may not exceed $822.50.

 
9.__Treatment of Armed Forces personnel.__A lender may not
engage in any of the following activities with respect to a
deferred deposit loan issued to a consumer who is a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States called to active duty:

 
A.__The garnishment of wages or salary for repayment of a
loan;

 
B.__The initiation of any collection activity during the
period of active duty; and

 
C.__Any communication with the military chain of command
with regard to a loan issued to a member of the Armed Forces
of the United States.

 
A lender must comply with the terms of any repayment agreement
negotiated through a military counselor on behalf of a consumer
who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and
called to active duty.

 
§6195.__Consumer rights

 
1.__Criminal liability.__A consumer is not subject to any
criminal liability or penalty for entering into a deferred
deposit loan agreement in the event the instrument held by the
lender is dishonored unless the consumer's account on which the
instrument is drawn was closed before the specified maturity date
in the loan agreement.

 
2.__Right of rescission.__A consumer has the right to rescind
a deferred deposit loan on or before the close of the next
business day following the transaction date of the loan by
repaying to the lender the amount advanced to the consumer.

 
§6196.__Suspension or revocation of licenses

 
After notice and hearing, the administrator may suspend or
revoke a lender's license if the administrator finds that:


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