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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3564

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516
  • Consumer: means a natural person who purchases goods, services, or movable or immovable property or rights therein, for a personal, family, or household purpose and includes a purchaser or buyer in a consumer credit sale or transaction made with the use of a seller credit card or otherwise, or a borrower or debtor in a consumer loan, revolving loan account, or a lender credit card. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516
  • Person: as used in this Chapter means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint venture pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, or any other form of entity not specifically listed herein. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516
  • Principal: means the amount financed or amount deferred under a consumer credit transaction. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:3516
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

A.  Persons subject to this Part shall file notification with the commissioner within thirty days after commencing business in this state, and thereafter, on or before April first of each year.  The notification shall state:

(1)  The name of the person.

(2)  The name in which business is transacted if different from (1).

(3)  The address of the principal office, which may be located outside this state.

(4)  The address of each office or retail store in this state, if any, at which consumer credit sales or consumer loans are made.  If a person takes assignments of obligations, the notification shall state the offices or places of business within this state at which business is transacted.

(5)  If consumer credit sales or consumer loans are made otherwise than at an office or retail store in this state, a brief description of the manner in which they are made.

(6)  The address of the designated agent upon whom service of process may be made in this state.

(7)  Whether or not consumer loans are made.

(8)  Any other information that may be required by the commissioner.

B.  If information in a notification becomes inaccurate after filing, the filer shall correct the inaccurate information within sixty days by written notice to the commissioner.

C.  Each branch or location of a business shall be considered as a separate entity, notification shall be filed for each entity.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 454, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 466, §§1, 2; Acts 1980, No. 694, §1; Acts 1984, No. 383, §1; Acts 1984, No. 385, §1; Acts 1985, No. 592, §2, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 808, §2, eff. July 22, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 584, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 366, §§1 and 2; Acts 1997, No. 38, §1.