ORS 725A.020
Licensing requirement


(1)

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(a)

Except as provided in ORS 82.010 (Legal rate of interest), 82.020 (Computation of interest) and 82.025 (Exemptions from application of ORS 82.010 (3) and (4) and 82.020) and subject to subsection (2) of this section, a person may not conduct business as a payday loan lender or a title loan lender unless the person obtains a license under ORS 725A.024 (License application approval).

(b)

A person may not act as an agent, broker or facilitator for making a payday loan or title loan unless the person obtains a license under ORS 725A.024 (License application approval), regardless of whether the principal that makes the payday loan or title loan must obtain a license under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(2)

If at the time a person made a payday loan or title loan the person did not have a license from the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 725A.024 (License application approval), the payday loan or title loan is void, and the person, or a successor, assignee or affiliate of the person, may not deposit a borrower’s or consumer’s check, withdraw moneys from a borrower’s or consumer’s account or otherwise collect, receive or retain principal, interest, a fee or a charge related to or in connection with the payday loan or title loan.

(3)

Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person that does not collect a fee or consideration in connection with a payday loan or title loan or an application for a payday loan or title loan and:

(a)

Does not interact directly with a borrower or consumer;

(b)

Acts solely as an intermediary between the borrower or consumer and a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a payday loan or title loan;

(c)

Transmits information, electronically or otherwise, concerning the borrower or consumer to a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a payday loan or title loan; or

(d)

Prepares, issues or delivers a negotiable instrument to a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a payday loan or title loan, for subsequent delivery to a borrower or consumer.

(4)

The director by order may determine whether and how a person may collect principal, interest, a fee or a charge related to or in connection with a payday loan or title loan if the director determines that a license the director issued under ORS 725A.024 (License application approval) lapsed inadvertently or by mistake. [2010 c.23 §3; 2015 c.490 §2]

Source: Section 725A.020 — Licensing requirement, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors725A.­html.

725A.010
Definitions
725A.012
Application
725A.020
Licensing requirement
725A.022
License application
725A.024
License application approval
725A.026
Grounds for disapproving license application
725A.028
License fee
725A.030
Annual report
725A.032
Business name and location
725A.034
License revocation and suspension
725A.036
License reinstatement
725A.038
License surrender
725A.040
Effect of license revocation, suspension or surrender
725A.050
Director’s power to examine or investigate
725A.052
Record keeping requirements
725A.054
Duty to report defalcation
725A.056
Loan disclosure requirements
725A.058
Dissemination of false, misleading or deceptive statement
725A.060
Prohibited conduct generally
725A.062
Prohibited conduct for title loan lender
725A.064
Prohibited conduct for payday loan lender
725A.080
Complaint and administrative remedy
725A.082
Cease and desist order
725A.084
Suspension or removal of officer or director of licensee
725A.086
Limitation of personal liability
725A.090
Loan tracking and counseling system
725A.092
Rules
725A.500
Definitions
725A.503
Prohibition on servicing student loan without license
725A.506
Application for licensing
725A.509
Duties of licensee
725A.512
Requirement to maintain liquidity, operating reserves and tangible net worth
725A.515
Required notifications from licensee to director
725A.518
Supervisory powers of director
725A.521
Required practices under federal student loan agreement
725A.524
Investigation of complaints
725A.527
Violations
725A.530
Ombudsman
725A.990
Penalties
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