2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 - Insurance
RS 22:691.19 - Substitution of policies; charge by lender prohibited; penalty
§691.19. Substitution of policies; charge by lender prohibited; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in financing the purchase of immovable or movable property, or of lending money on the security of immovable or movable property, or for any trustee, director, officer, agent, or other employee of any such person, firm or corporation, to require, directly or indirectly, that a borrower, or any other person, in obtaining insurance coverage on the property, pay a service charge or fee of any kind to substitute the insurance policy of one insurance company for that of another.
B. Any violation of any of the provisions of this Section by any person, firm, or corporation shall be a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than sixty days or more than one year, or both fine and imprisonment, for each offense, in the discretion of the court.
Acts 2012, No. 294, §1.
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