This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
 1. Businesses organized or operating as permitted under the authority of a law of this state or the United States relating to banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, regulated loan companies organized under chapter 536, or credit unions.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 536A.5

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Persons that make loans only on notes secured by first mortgages on real estate.
 3. Licensed real estate brokers or salespersons.
 4. A person engaged exclusively in the business of purchasing commodity financing or commercial paper.
 5. A pawnbroker.
 6. Loans made to a domestic or foreign corporation.