Texas Finance Code

§ 342.004 — CONSTITUTIONAL INTEREST; EXEMPTION FOR LOAN WITH INTEREST RATE OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS

FI § 342.004Title 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS · Part B. LOANS AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS · Ch. 342. CONSUMER LOANS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

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(a)Except as otherwise fixed by law, the maximum rate of interest is 10 percent a year.

(b)A loan providing for a rate of interest that is 10 percent a year or less is not subject to this chapter.

(c)A loan described by Section 302.001(d) may provide for a delinquency charge as provided by that section without being subject to this chapter or any other provision of this subtitle.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 916, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.