Florida Statutes
Chapter 687 - Interest and Usury; Lending Practices
687.0303 - “Line of Credit” Defined.


(1) The term “line of credit,” whenever used in this chapter, means an arrangement under which one or more loans or advances of money may be made available to a debtor in one transaction or a series of related transactions.
(2) The Legislature hereby declares that, as a matter of law, “line of credit,” as such term is defined in this section, is deemed to have been included in and governed by the provisions of this chapter as it existed prior to, on, and subsequent to July 1, 1979.
History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 80-310.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations

Chapter 687 - Interest and Usury; Lending Practices

687.01 - Rate of Interest in Absence of Contract.

687.02 - “Usurious Contracts” Defined.

687.03 - “Unlawful Rates of Interest” Defined; Proviso.

687.0303 - “Line of Credit” Defined.

687.0304 - Credit Agreements.

687.031 - Construction, Ss. 687.02 and 687.03.

687.04 - Penalty for Usury; Not to Apply in Certain Situations.

687.05 - Provisions for Payment of Attorney’s Fees.

687.06 - Attorney’s Fee in Enforcing Nonusurious Contracts; Proviso; Insurance Premiums; Attorney’s Fee Provided in Note.

687.071 - Criminal Usury, Loan Sharking.

687.08 - Person Lending Money to Give Borrower Receipt for Payments; Contents of Receipt; Penalty for Violation.

687.09 - Persons Accepting Chattel Mortgage as Security for Loans Under $100 to Cause Amount as Principal, Interest, and Fees to Be Inserted.

687.10 - Not Applicable to Chartered Banks, Trust Companies, Building and Loan Associations, Savings and Loan Associations, or Insurance Companies.

687.12 - Interest Rates; Parity Among Licensed Lenders or Creditors.

687.125 - Compounding of Interest.

687.13 - International Transactions.

687.14 - Definitions.

687.141 - Loan Brokers; Prohibited Acts.

687.142 - Responsibility of Principals.

687.143 - Loan Brokers; Investigations; Cease and Desist Orders; Administrative Fines.

687.144 - Investigations; Examinations; Subpoenas; Hearings; Witnesses.

687.145 - Injunction to Restrain Violations.

687.146 - Criminal Penalties.

687.147 - Actions for Damages.

687.148 - Duties and Powers of the Commission and Office.

687.15 - Benchmark Replacements for the London Interbank Offered Rate.