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2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 9-B: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 43: LOANS IN GENERAL
9-B §432. Interest on loans

Universal Citation:
9-B ME Rev Stat § 432 (2011 through 125th Legis)
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Part 4: POWERS AND DUTIES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

§432. Interest on loans

1. Interest absent in writing. The maximum legal rate of interest on a loan made by a financial institution, in the absence of an agreement in writing establishing a different rate, shall be 6 percent per year.

[ 1975, c. 500, §1 (NEW) .]

2. Interest: noncommercial or consumer loans.

A. The legal rate of interest, whether set forth in writing or not, on a noncommercial or consumer loan, shall be established in accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth in Title 9-A.

A loan made by a financial institution which is secured by a first mortgage on real estate shall not be within the interest limitations set forth in Title 9-A; provided that the security interest in real estate is not given for purpose of evading said Title 9-A.

[ 1975, c. 500, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1975, c. 500, §1 (NEW).

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