North Dakota Code 13-04.1-01.1 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 13-04.1-01.1
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Borrower” means a person or entity that seeks out, or is solicited by a money broker for the purpose of money brokering.
2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of financial institutions.
3. “Money broker” means a person or entity who, in the ordinary course of business, engages in money brokering.
4. “Money brokering” means the act of arranging or providing loans or leases as a form of financing, or advertising or soliciting either in print, by letter, in person, or otherwise, the right to find lenders or provide loans or leases for persons or businesses desirous of obtaining funds for any purposes.
5. “Net branch” means an office at which a licensed money broker allows a separate person that does not hold a valid North Dakota money brokers license to originate loans under the license of the money broker.
6. “Net branch arrangement” means an arrangement under which a licensed money broker enters an agreement whereby its designated branch manager has the appearance of ownership of the licensee by, among other things, sharing in the profits or losses, establishing, leasing, or renting the branch premises, entering other contractual relationships with vendors such as for telephones, utilities, and advertising, having control of a corporate checkbook, or exercising control of personnel through the power to hire or fire such individuals. A person may be considered to be utilizing a net branch if the net branch agreement requires the branch manager to indemnify the licensee for damages from any apparent, express, or implied agency representation by or through the branch’s actions or if the agreement requires the branch manager to issue a personal check to cover operating expenses whether or not funds are available from an operating account of the licensee.
7. “Precomputed loan” means a loan that is expressed as a sum comprising the principal and the amount of the loan finance charge computed in advance.