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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) K.S.A. 16a-1-101 through 16a-9-102, and amendments thereto, shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this act are:
(a) To simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing retail installment sales, consumer credit and consumer loans;
(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; and
(f) to make uniform the law, including administrative rules and regulations, among the various jurisdictions.
(3) A reference to a requirement imposed by K.S.A. 16a-1-101 through 16a-9-102, and amendments thereto, includes reference to a related rule and regulation of the administrator adopted pursuant to this act.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 16A. Consumer Credit Code § 16a-1-102. (UCCC) Purposes; rules of construction - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-16a-consumer-credit-code/ks-st-sect-16a-1-102/
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