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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-106" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Interest and Usury">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to any loan:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Described in § 12-103(e) of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Made under Title 18, Subtitle 10 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the execution of a loan contract under this title, the lender shall furnish to the borrower a written statement which sets forth:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The total principal amount of the loan and the total amount of finance charge as defined in the federal Truth in Lending Act to be paid, stated in dollars, except that on loans payable on demand, the total amount of finance charge to be paid shall be stated on a per diem basis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The annual effective rate of simple interest charged, stated in percentage calculated to the nearest 0.2 percent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The itemized amount of payments in addition to interest payable to the lender in connection with the loan at the time the loan is made, stated in dollars.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the loan is made to two or more borrowers, delivery of the statement to one borrower is sufficient, but a copy of the statement shall be furnished to each other borrower.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Paragraphs (1)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this subsection do not apply to any loan subject to the disclosure provisions of the federal Truth in Lending Act, if the lender complies with the applicable disclosure provisions of the federal act and its regulations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A statement that complies with the applicable disclosure provisions of the federal Truth in Lending Act is sufficient to meet the requirements of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At least annually and, on request of the borrower, at any other reasonable time or interval, a lender who receives scheduled monthly periodic payments on more than five loans secured by an interest in real property shall furnish to the borrower a written statement informing the borrower of the amount of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Payments credited to reducing the principal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Payments credited to interest as defined in this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The remaining unpaid principal balance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
