PART IX. LICENSING PROVISIONS
§3557. Authority to make consumer loans
A. Unless a person has first obtained a license from the commissioner as provided under this Part, he shall not engage in the business of:
(1) Making consumer loans; or
(2) Making loans with the use of a lender credit card or similar arrangement.
B. A creditor may not take assignments of and undertake direct collection of payments from or enforce rights against consumers arising from consumer loans, without first having obtained a license from the commissioner as provided under this Part. A creditor may, however, collect and enforce consumer loan obligations of which he has taken assignment for three months without a license if he notifies the commissioner in writing of his intention to take assignments of consumer loans, including the name and address of the proposed assignee and assignor, the number of loans assigned, the dollar amount of the assignment, and other information the commissioner requires at least ten days prior to the time the assignment is made, and the commissioner has not objected, and such creditor promptly applies for a license and his application has not been denied.
C. Any person licensed under this Part shall not engage in the business of originating, lending, or brokering any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling as defined in 15 U.S.C. §1602(v) or on residential immovable property upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling, unless such person has also obtained a license pursuant to the Louisiana S.A.F.E. Residential Mortgage Lending Act, R.S. 6:1081 et seq.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 454, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Acts 1986, No. 584, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 370, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1184, §2; Acts 2009, No. 522, §2, eff. July 31, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 636, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
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