South Carolina Code 37-3-501. Definitions: “supervised loan”; “supervised lender”; “restricted loan”; “restricted lender”
(a) a mortgage loan as defined in § 37-22-110(30); or
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 37-3-501
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(b) a closed-end credit transaction, with an original repayment term of less than one hundred twenty days, unsecured by any interest in the consumer’s personal property or secured by personal property, excluding motor vehicles that are free of any other liens or encumbrances, that does not have a market value that reasonably secures the amount of the loan, and the consumer:
(i) receives funds from and incurs interest or a fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with, or any time after, the receipt of funds, provides a check or other payment instrument to the creditor who agrees with the consumer not to deposit or present the check or payment instrument; or
(ii) receives funds from and incurs interest or a fee payable to a creditor, and contemporaneously with, or any time after, the receipt of funds, authorizes the creditor to initiate a debit or debits to the consumer’s deposit account by electronic fund transfer or a remotely created check or remotely created consumer item as defined in § 36-3-103(16).
The provisions of subitem (b) do not apply to credit unions, bank holding companies, banks, or financial institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(2) "Supervised lender" means a person authorized to make or take assignments of supervised loans.
(3) "Restricted loan" means a supervised loan made by a restricted lender pursuant to and in compliance with Chapter 29 of Title 34 (The South Carolina Consumer Finance Act).
(4) "Restricted lender" means a person licensed pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 34 to make loans under that chapter (The South Carolina Consumer Finance Act).