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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) This code prescribes maximum charges for all creditors extending consumer credit except lessors and those excluded in sections 5-1-202 and 5-2-213 and displaces existing limitations on the powers of those creditors based on maximum charges.
(2) With respect to sellers of goods or services, small loan companies, licensed lenders, consumer and sales finance companies, loan companies, and commercial banks and trust companies, this code displaces existing limitations on their powers based solely on amount or duration of credit.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, this code does not displace limitations on powers of credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations, or other thrift institutions whether organized for the profit of shareholders or as mutual organizations.
(4) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, this code does not displace:
(a) Limitations on powers of supervised financial organizations, as defined in section 5-1-301(45), with respect to the amount of a loan to a single borrower, the ratio of a loan to the value of collateral, the duration of a loan secured by an interest in land, or other similar restrictions designed to protect deposits; or
(b) Limitations on powers an organization is authorized to exercise under the laws of this state or the United States.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 5. Consumer Credit Code § 5-1-107. Effect of code on powers of organizations - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-5-consumer-credit-code/co-rev-st-sect-5-1-107/
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