Title
Usury Law
Secretary of State No.
1930-u-1
Description
USURY LAW. INITIATIVE. Amends Sections 1 and 3 thereof, and adds Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Written agreement for interest rate unnecessary. Corporations cannot recover treble amount of interest paid. Defines "construction loans" and provides for computing interest thereon. Excepts agreements giving borrower option to pay before maturity. If maturity is accelerated by default, interest paid in advance is not usurious. Corporations cannot plead usury. Legislature regulates pawnbrokers and "industrial loan companies."
Date
1-1-1930
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Qualified
Recommended Citation
Usury Law California Initiative 1930-u-1 (1930).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/79