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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-314" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consumer Loans -- Credit Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not lend $25,000 or less if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person directly or indirectly contracts for, charges, or receives a greater rate of interest, charge, discount, or other consideration than that authorized by the laws of this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The transaction violates the federal Military Lending Act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The person is not licensed under or exempt from the licensing requirements under the Maryland Consumer Loan Law – Licensing Provisions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A loan made in the amount of $25,000 or less, regardless of whether the loan is or purports to be made under this subtitle, is void and unenforceable if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a person contracts for a loan that has a rate of interest, charge, discount, or other consideration greater than that authorized under State law;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The loan violates the federal Military Lending Act; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A person who is not licensed under or exempt from the licensing requirements under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Financial Institutions Article made the loan.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A 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="2">
      <text>A person may not receive or retain any principal, interest, fees, or other compensation with respect to any loan that is void and unenforceable under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a person who is exempt from licensing under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to a loan transaction validly made in another state in compliance with a similar loan law of that state.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A lender may not collect an amount that is more than the total amount that would be permitted if this subtitle were applicable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This section applies to all loans made by a lender domiciled in another state to a borrower who is a resident of this State if the application for the loan originated in this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>With respect to a loan that is void and unenforceable under this section, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Collect or attempt to collect, directly or indirectly, any amount from the borrower;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Enforce or attempt to enforce the contract against any property securing the loan; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the loan to another person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
