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§14A-5-106. No discharge from employment for garnishment.

No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that a creditor of the employee has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the employee to garnishment or like proceedings directed to the employer for the purpose of paying a judgment arising from a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan, unless the […]

§14A-5-107. Extortionate extensions of credit.

(1) If it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time an extension of credit is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal means to cause harm to the person, reputation, or property of any person, the […]

§14A-5-108. Unconscionability.

(1) With respect to a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan, if the court as a matter of law finds the agreement or any clause of the agreement to have been unconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce the agreement, or it may enforce the remainder of […]

§14A-5-201. Consumer credit sales and consumer loans.

For purposes of the provisions of this part on civil liability for violation of disclosure provisions (Section 5-203) and on debtor’s right to rescind certain transactions (Section 5-204), consumer credit sale and consumer loan include the transactions covered in Sections 2-301 and 3-301. Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 5-201, eff. July 1, 1969. […]

§14A-5-202. Effect of violations on rights of parties.

(1) If a creditor has violated the provisions of this act applying to certain negotiable instruments (Section 2-403 of this title), or limitations on the schedule of payments or loan term for supervised loans (Section 3-512 of this title), the debtor is not obligated to pay the credit service charge or loan finance charge and […]

§14A-5-203. Civil liability for violation of disclosure provisions.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any creditor who fails to comply with any requirement imposed by the provisions on disclosure (Part 3), other than the provisions on advertising pursuant to Sections 2-313 of Article 2 of this title and 3-312 of Article 3 of this title, or with any requirement imposed by […]

§14A-5-204. Right to rescind certain transactions.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the case of a consumer credit sale or consumer loan, including opening or increasing the credit limit for an open-end credit plan, with respect to which a security interest, including any such interest arising by operation of law, is or will be retained or acquired in […]

§14A-5-205. Refunds and penalties as set-off to obligation.

Refunds or penalties to which the debtor is entitled pursuant to this part may be set off against the debtor’s obligation, and may be raised as a defense to a suit on the obligation without regard to the time limitations prescribed by this part. Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 5-205, eff. July 1, […]

§14A-5-301. Willful violations.

(1) A supervised lender who willfully makes charges in excess of those permitted by the provisions of the article on loans (Article 3) applying to supervised loans (Part 5) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or to imprisonment not exceeding […]