Oklahoma Statutes
Title 14A. Consumer Credit Code
§14A-6-104. Powers and duties of Administrator.

(1) In addition to other powers granted by this title, the Administrator of Consumer Credit may, within the limitations provided by law:

(2) Except for refund of an excess charge, no liability is imposed under this title for an act done or omitted in conformity with a rule of the Administrator or written opinion of the Administrator stating rights and duties issued on the Administrator's own motion or in response to a request under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section notwithstanding that after the act or omission the rule or opinion may be amended or repealed or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason. The opinions of the Administrator shall be compiled and published no less often than annually.
(3) The Administrator shall report annually on or before January 1 to the Governor and Legislature on the operation of the Administrator's office, on the use of consumer credit in the state, and on the problems of persons of small means obtaining credit from persons regularly engaged in extending sales or loan credit. For the purpose of making the report, the Administrator is authorized to conduct research and make appropriate studies. The report shall include a description of the examination and investigation procedures and policies of the Administrator's office, a statement of policies followed in deciding whether to investigate or examine the offices of credit suppliers subject to this title, a statement of the number and percentages of offices which are periodically investigated or examined, a statement of the types of consumer credit problems of both creditors and debtors which have come to the Administrator's attention through examinations and investigations and the disposition of them under existing law, and a general statement of the activities of the Administrator's office and of others to promote the purposes of this title. The report shall not identify the creditors against whom action is taken by the Administrator.
(4) The Administrator may enter into cooperative, coordinating and information-sharing agreements with any other agencies that have supervisory or regulatory responsibility over any entity that has been or may be licensed by the Department of Consumer Credit or any organization affiliated with or representing one or more agencies with supervisory or regulatory responsibility over any entity that has been or may be licensed by the Department, and the Administrator may accept reports of examination and reports of investigation from any such agency or organization in lieu of conducting the Administrator's own examinations or investigations. The Administrator may cooperate, coordinate and enter into information-sharing agreements with the Oklahoma State Banking Department and other state agencies with whom the agreements may be mutually beneficial.
(5) The Administrator shall have the authority to adopt rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this title, to limit the amount of the additional charges that lenders are permitted to impose under subsections (1) and (2) of Section 3-202 of this title and Section 3-203.2 of this title, or to limit the amount of deferral charges that sellers and lenders may impose under subsections (2) and (3) of Section 2-204 of this title and subsections (2) and (3) of Section 3-204 of this title. The Administrator shall:
Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 6-104, eff. July 1, 1969. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 282, § 11; Laws 1982, c. 335, § 55, operative June 1, 1982; Laws 1992, c. 51, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 352, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 217, § 22, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 65, § 3, emerg. eff. April 10, 2003; Laws 2014, c. 159, § 3, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2019, c. 103, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

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