I. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the solicitation, offer, or closing of a loan, directly or indirectly:
(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 361-A:3-b

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contract: means an agreement pursuant to which the title to, the property in, or a lien upon the motor vehicle, which is the subject matter of a retail installment transaction, is retained or taken by a sales finance company indirectly from a retail seller or directly from a retail buyer, as security, in whole or in part, for the retail buyer's obligation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 361-A:1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, and any other group however organized. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 361-A:1
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

(b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or
(c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
II. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made in any document filed under this chapter or in any proceeding under this chapter any statement which is, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, false or misleading in any material respect or, in connection with such statement, to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
III. Any condition, stipulation or provision binding any person to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter is void.
IV. It is unlawful to instruct, solicit, propose, or cause a person to sign another’s signature on any document without legal authority.
V. It is unlawful to solicit, accept, or execute any contract or other document related to any transaction that contains any blanks to be filled in after signing or initialing the contract or other document, except for forms authorizing the verification of application information or as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.