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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-114.1" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Interest and Usury">
  <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>“Covered loan” means a loan subject to § 12–103(a)(3) or (c) of this subtitle, made for personal, family, or household purposes, regardless of whether the loan is or purports to be made under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Covered loan” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A loan or an advance of money or credit subject to Subtitle 3 of this title, unless a written election is made under § 12–101.1 of this subtitle;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A plan or loan for which a written election has been made under Subtitle 3, Subtitle 4, Subtitle 9, or Subtitle 10 of this title; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>An installment sale agreement as defined in § 12–601 of this title.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Unlicensed person” means a person who is not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Licensed in the State to make a covered loan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Exempt from licensing in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to a covered loan made to any person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An unlicensed person may not make a covered loan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not make a covered loan if the person directly or indirectly contracts for, charges, or receives a rate of interest, charge, discount, or other consideration that is greater than the amount authorized under State law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person may not make a covered loan that violates the federal Military Lending Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A covered loan made by an unlicensed person is void and unenforceable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a covered loan is void and unenforceable if a person contracts for a covered loan that has a rate of interest, charge, discount, or other consideration greater than the amount authorized under State law.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A covered loan is not void and unenforceable if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A clerical error or mistake resulted in the rate of interest, charge, discount, or other consideration being greater than the amount authorized under State law; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A person corrects the error or mistake before the first payment is due under the loan.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A covered loan that violates the federal Military Lending Act is void and unenforceable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>With respect to a loan that is void and unenforceable under this section, a person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Collect or attempt to collect, directly or indirectly, any amount from the borrower;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Enforce or attempt to enforce the contract against any property securing the loan; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the loan to another person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
