Lenders shall be exempt from the usury provisions of Article XV of the California Constitution with respect to shared appreciation loan transactions. This section is declaratory of existing law.

(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 652, Sec. 1.)

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Terms Used In California Civil Code 1917.005

  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC