(a) A person may not engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods, or things in action in the amount or of the value of $25,000 or less and charge, contract for, or receive on the loan a greater rate of interest, discount, or consideration than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if the person were not a licensee under this chapter, except as authorized by this chapter and without first obtaining a license from the department.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 06.20.010

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 06.20.900
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A person who is doing business under and as permitted by any law of the state or of the United States relating to banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, or credit unions and who is exempt from the licensing requirement in (a) of this section shall comply with all other provisions of this chapter.
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