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Indiana Code Title 24. Trade Regulation § 24-4.5-1-102

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 102. (1) This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this article are:

(a) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing retail installment sales, consumer credit, small loans, and usury;

(b) to provide rate ceilings to assure an adequate supply of credit to consumers;

(c) to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of consumer credit so that consumers may obtain credit at reasonable cost;

(d) to protect consumer buyers, lessees, and borrowers against unfair practices by some suppliers of consumer credit, having due regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous creditors;

(e) to permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound consumer credit practices;

(f) to conform the regulation of consumer credit transactions to the policies of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and to applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, policies, and guidance;  and

(g) to make uniform the law, including administrative rules, among the various jurisdictions.

(3) A reference to a requirement imposed by this article includes reference to a related rule or guidance of the department adopted pursuant to this article.

(4) A reference to a federal law in this article is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2024.

(5) This article applies to a transaction if the director determines that the transaction:

(a) is in substance a disguised consumer credit transaction;  or

(b) involves the application of subterfuge for the purpose of avoiding this article.

A determination by the director under this subsection must be in writing and shall be delivered to all parties to the transaction.  IC 4-21.5-3 applies to a determination made under this subsection.

(6) The authority of this article remains in effect, whether a licensee, an individual, or a person subject to this article acts or claims to act under any licensing or registration law of this state, or claims to act without such authority.

(7) A violation of a state or federal law, regulation, or rule applicable to consumer credit transactions is a violation of this article.

(8) The department may enforce penalty provisions set forth in 15 U.S.C. 1640 for violations of disclosure requirements applicable to mortgage transactions.

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