§ 19-14.2-8. Maximum loan and interest rate.
Every small loan lender may lend up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate to one borrower and may charge, contract for, and receive on the loan interest on the unpaid principal balance on a loan at a rate not exceeding the following:
(1) Loans up to and including three hundred dollars ($300), three percent (3%) per month;
(2) Loans exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) but not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800), two and one-half percent (2.5%) per month; and
(3) Loans exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800), but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), two percent (2%) per month.
History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 82, § 54.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 19 - Financial Institutions
Chapter 19-14.2 - Small Loan Lenders
Section 19-14.2-1. - Maximum rate on small loans not authorized by chapter.
Section 19-14.2-2. - Confessions of judgment — Incomplete instruments prohibited.
Section 19-14.2-3. - Unemployment insurance defined.
Section 19-14.2-4. - Documents delivered to borrower — Advance payments — Release of security.
Section 19-14.2-5. - Instrument evidencing loan, contents.
Section 19-14.2-6. - Assignment of earnings.
Section 19-14.2-7. - Assignment of wages simultaneous with loan — Liens on furniture.
Section 19-14.2-8. - Maximum loan and interest rate.
Section 19-14.2-9. - Split loans.
Section 19-14.2-10. - Computation of interest.
Section 19-14.2-11. - Maximum term of small loans.
Section 19-14.2-12. - Small loans — No other charges — Exception.
Section 19-14.2-13. - Additional documents delivered to borrower.
Section 19-14.2-14. - Penalties.