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TITLE 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES
PART 5 - OFFICE OF CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER
CHAPTER 83 - REGULATED LENDERS AND CREDIT ACCESS BUSINESSES
SUBCHAPTER A - RULES FOR REGULATED LENDERS
SECTION/RULE §83.203 - Attempted Evasion of Applicability of Subchapter
Chapter Review Date 02/22/2020

A "device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application" of this subchapter, as used in Texas Finance Code, §342.051(b) refers to any transaction:(1) that in form may appear on its face to be something other than a loan, but in substance meets the definition of a loan as defined in Texas Finance Code, §301.002(a)(10); and(2) in which more than 10% annual interest, in substance, is being contracted for, charged, or received.

Source Note: The provisions of this §83.203 adopted to be effective January 4, 2007, 31 TexReg 10763; amended to be effective November 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 9698; amended to be effective July 10, 2014, 39 TexReg 5142.

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