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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-307" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consumer Loans -- Credit Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At the time a loan is made, a lender may collect from the borrower:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>As to any item of the total property that secures a loan:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The fees paid to a public official or governmental agency for recording or satisfying a mortgage, encumbrance, or lien on any property securing the loan; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An equal or lesser amount for nonfiling insurance premium on any property, or portion of the property, that is not recorded if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Insurance Commissioner approves the rates; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A commission is not paid on the policy; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The title insurance premiums or reasonable attorney’s fees paid for searching and insuring the title to any real property securing the loan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A lender may collect from the borrower a fee not exceeding $15 if payment is made with a check that is dishonored on the second presentment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
