Indiana Code 28-1-13-1.7. Limit on total consumer credit obligation of one borrower
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Sec. 1.7. (a) Loans and extensions of credit arising from the discount of negotiable or nonnegotiable installment consumer paper that carries a full recourse endorsement or unconditional guarantee by the person transferring the paper is subject under this section to a maximum limitation equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the capital and surplus, notwithstanding the collateral requirements set forth in section 1.5(b) of this chapter.
(b) If the bank’s files or the knowledge of the bank’s officers of the financial condition of each maker of such consumer paper is reasonably adequate, and an officer of the bank designated for that purpose by the board of directors of the bank certifies in writing that the bank is relying primarily upon the responsibility of each maker for payment of the loans or extensions of credit and not upon any full or partial recourse endorsement or guarantee by the transferor, the limitations of this section as to the loans or extensions of credit of each such maker shall be the sole applicable loan limitations.
As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.89.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-1-13-1.7
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- person: includes an individual, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a joint venture, an association, a trust, an estate, a business trust, a limited liability company, a corporation, a sovereign government, or an agency, an instrumentality, or a political subdivision thereof, or any similar entity or organization. See Indiana Code 28-1-13-1.3
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC