§ 14A-1-201. Territorial application.

(1)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, this act applies to sales, leases, and loans made in this state and to modifications, including refinancings, consolidations, and deferrals, made in this state, of sales, leases, and loans, wherever made.  For purposes of this act

(a)a sale or modification of a sale agreement is made in this state if the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase or to modify is received by the seller in this state;

(b)a lease or modification of a lease agreement is made in this State if the lessee's agreement or offer to lease or to modify is received by the lessor in this state; and

(c)a loan or modification of a loan agreement is made in this state if a writing signed by the debtor and evidencing the debt is received by the lender in this state.

(2)  With respect to sales made pursuant to a revolving charge account (Section 2-108), this act applies if the buyer's communication or indication of his intention to establish the account is received by the seller in this state.  If no communication or indication of intention is given by the buyer before the first sale, this act applies if the seller's communication notifying the buyer of the privilege of using the account is mailed or personally delivered in this state.

(3)  With respect to loans made pursuant to a lender credit card or similar arrangement (subsection (9) of Section 1-301), this act applies if the debtor's communication or indication of his intention to establish the arrangement with the lender is received by the lender in this state.  If no communication or indication of intention is given by the debtor before the first loan, this act applies if the lender's communication notifying the debtor of the privilege of using the arrangement is mailed or personally delivered in this state.

(4)  The part on limitations on creditors' remedies (Part 1) of the article on remedies and penalties (Article 5) applies to actions or other proceedings brought in this state to enforce rights arising from consumer credit sales, consumer leases, consumer loans, or extortionate extensions of credit, wherever made.

(5)  If a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, or consumer loan, or modification thereof, is made in another state to a person who is a resident of this state when the sale, lease, loan, or modification is made, the following provisions apply as though the transaction occurred in this state:

(a)a seller, lessor, lender, or assignee of his rights, may not collect charges through actions or other proceedings in excess of those permitted by the article on credit sales (Article 2) or by the article on loans (Article 3); and

(b)a seller, lessor, lender, or assignee of his rights, may not enforce rights against the buyer, lessee, or debtor, with respect to the provisions of agreements which violate the provisions on limitations on agreements and practices (Part 4) of the article on credit sales (Article 2) or of the article on loans (Article 3).

(6)  Except as provided in subsection (4), a sale, lease, loan, or modification thereof, made in another state to a person who was not a resident of this state when the sale, lease, loan, or modification was made is valid and enforceable in this state according to its terms to the extent that it is valid and enforceable under the laws of the state applicable to the transaction.

(7)  For the purposes of this act, the residence of a buyer, lessee, or debtor, is the address given by him as his residence in any writing signed by him in connection with a credit transaction. Until he notifies the creditor of a new or different address, the given address is presumed to be unchanged.

(8)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section

(a)except as provided in subsection (4), this act does not apply if the buyer, lessee, or debtor is not a resident of this state at the time of a credit transaction and the parties then agree that the law of his residence applies; and

(b)this act applies if the buyer, lessee, or debtor is a resident of this state at the time of a credit transaction and the parties then agree that the law of this state applies.

(9)  Except as provided in subsection (8), the following agreements by a buyer, lessee, or debtor are invalid with respect to consumer credit sales, consumer leases, consumer loans, or modifications thereof, to which this act applies:

(a)that the law of another state shall apply;

(b)that the buyer, lessee, or debtor consents to the jurisdiction of another state; and

(c)that fixes venue.

(10)  The following provisions of this act specify the applicable law governing certain cases:

(a)applicability (Section 6-102) of the part on powers and functions of administrator (Part 1) of the article on administration (Article 6); and

(b)applicability (Section 6-201) of the part on notification and Fees (Part 2) of the article on administration (Article 6).

Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 1-201, eff. July 1, 1969.