Connecticut General Statutes 36a-671c – Exceptions
The provisions of sections 36a-671 to 36a-671d, inclusive, shall not apply to the following: (1) Any attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state who engages or offers to engage in debt negotiation as an ancillary matter to such attorney’s representation of a client; (2) any bank, out-of-state bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union; (3) any wholly-owned subsidiary of any such bank or credit union; (4) any operating subsidiary where each owner of such operating subsidiary is wholly owned by the same such bank or credit union; (5) any person licensed as a debt adjuster pursuant to sections 36a-655 to 36a-665, inclusive, while performing debt adjuster services; (6) any person acting under the order of a court; or (7) any bona fide nonprofit organization organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-671c
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Client: means a beneficiary of a trust for whom the Connecticut bank acts as trustee, a person for whom the Connecticut bank acts as agent, custodian or bailee, or other person to whom a Connecticut bank owes a duty or obligation under a trust or other account administered by such Connecticut bank, regardless of whether such Connecticut bank owes a fiduciary duty to the person. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Federal credit union: means any institution chartered or organized as a federal credit union pursuant to the laws of the United States having its principal office in this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Out-of-state: includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Out-of-state credit union: means any credit union other than a Connecticut credit union or a federal credit union. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Person: means an individual, company, including a company described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision (11) of this section, or any other legal entity, including a federal, state or municipal government or agency or any political subdivision thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Subsidiary: has the meaning given to that term in 12 USC Section 1841(d), as amended from time to time. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2