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Regular Session 1973-1974
Senate Bill 1255


Short Title:
An Act regulating agreements for the loan or use of money; establishing a maximum lawful interest rate in the Commonwealth; providing for a legal rate of interest; detailing exceptions to the maximum lawful interest rate for residential mortgages and for any loans in the principal amount of more than fifty thousand dollars and Federally insured or guaranteed loans and unsecured, noncollateralized loans in excess of thirty-five thousand dollars and business loans in excess of ten thousand dollars; providing protections to debtors to whom loans are made including the provision for disclosure of facts relevant to the making of residential mortgages, providing for notice of intention to foreclose and establishment of a right to cure defaults on residential mortgage obligations, provision for the payment of attorney's fees with regard to residential mortgage obligations and providing for certain interest rates by banks and bank and trust companies; clarifying the substantive law on the filing of and execution on a confessed judgment; prohibiting waiver of provisions of this act, specifying powers and duties of the Secretary of Banking, and establishing remedies and providing penalties for violations of this act.
Prime Sponsor:
Last Action:
Act No. 6 of 1974, Jan. 30, 1974
Printer's No.:
Printer's No. Text (H) Amendments (S) Amendments (H) Fiscal Note (S) Fiscal Note Actuarial Note
1804*
1778
1723
1610
1508
* denotes current Printer's Number