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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any person, firm or corporation who shall lend money in any manner whatsoever by note, chattel mortgage, conditional sale, or purported conditional sale or otherwise, upon any article of household or kitchen furniture, or any assignment of wages, earned or to be earned, and shall willfully:
(1) Take, receive, reserve or charge a greater rate of interest than permitted by law, either before or after the interest may accrue; or
(2) Refuse to give receipts for payments on interest or principal of such loan; or
(3) Fail or refuse to surrender the note and security when the same is paid off or a new note and mortgage is given in renewal, unless such new mortgage shall state the amount still due by the old note or mortgage and that the new one is given as additional security;
shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and in addition thereto shall be subject to the provisions of G.S. 24-2.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 14. Criminal Law § 14-391. Usurious loans on household and kitchen furniture or assignment of wages - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-14-criminal-law/nc-gen-st-sect-14-391/
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