Code of Alabama
Chapter 8 - Interest and Usury.
Section 8-8-7 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Exemption of Bonds, Notes, etc., of State, Instrumentalities, Localities, Etc.

Any bonds, notes, warrants, other evidences of indebtedness, or securities issued by the State of Alabama or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, by any not-for-profit public or private corporation at any time organized or created pursuant to act of the Legislature or executive order of the Governor for the purpose of acting as an instrumentality of the State of Alabama or otherwise acting in the public interest and by any board of water and sewer commissioners created under the provisions of Article 10, Chapter 50, Title 11, and authorized to issue bonds under Section 11-50-345 by any municipality, by any county, by any public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized or created in the State of Alabama pursuant to authorization, determination, finding, or other action of any municipality or municipalities or county or counties or the governing body of any one or more thereof, or by any city or county board of education, are hereby exempted from all laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of this chapter.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.

Chapter 8 - Interest and Usury.

Section 8-8-1 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Generally.

Section 8-8-1.1 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Permitted Under State or Federal Law.

Section 8-8-1.2 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Loans Secured by Savings Accounts.

Section 8-8-2 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Aggregation of Principal and Interest on Loans at Six Percent and Division Into Installments.

Section 8-8-4 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Loans, etc., of $100,000 or More to State Board of Education and Trustees of State Educational Institutions.

Section 8-8-5 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Loans, Credit Sales, etc., of $2,000 or More to Individuals, Corporations, Trusts, Partnerships, or Associations.

Section 8-8-6 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Exemption of Debts Incurred Pursuant to National Housing Act or Veterans' Benefits.

Section 8-8-7 - Maximum Rates of Interest - Exemption of Bonds, Notes, etc., of State, Instrumentalities, Localities, Etc.

Section 8-8-8 - Interest Accrues on Breach of Contract.

Section 8-8-9 - Interest on Unauthorized Change Bills and Notes Not Exceeding $1.

Section 8-8-10 - Interest on Money Judgments and Costs.

Section 8-8-11 - Application of Partial Payments to Principal and Interest.

Section 8-8-12 - Enforcement of Usurious Contracts.

Section 8-8-13 - Collection on Notes, etc., Discounted at Higher Rate of Interest Than Eight Percent.

Section 8-8-14 - Interest Surcharge on Loans or Credit Sales; Refunds; Maximum Interest Rate Indexed to Prime Rate; Maximum Interest Rates for Open-End Credit Plans.

Section 8-8-15 - Bad Check Charge; Deemed Not Finance Charge.