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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-408" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Businesses, Associations, and Charities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Credit agreement” means a covenant, promise, undertaking, commitment, or other agreement by a financial institution to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Lend money;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Forbear from repayment of money, goods, or things in action;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Forbear from collecting or exercising any right to collect a debt; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Otherwise extend credit.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Credit agreement” includes agreeing to take or to not take certain actions by a financial institution in connection with an existing or prospective credit agreement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Financial institution” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A bank;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A trust company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A savings bank;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A savings and loan association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>An affiliate or subsidiary of a bank, trust company, savings bank, or savings and loan association.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A credit agreement is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless it:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Expresses consideration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Sets forth the relevant terms and conditions of the agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Is signed by the person against whom its enforcement is sought.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to commercial transactions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Credit agreements made primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Credit extended by means of, or in connection with, a credit or charge card.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
