§ 14A-3-510. Restrictions on interest in land as security.

(1)  With respect to a supervised loan in which the principal is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or less, and the loan finance charge calculated according to the actuarial method exceeds twenty-one percent (21%) per year on the unpaid balances of principal, a lender may not contract for an interest in land as security.  A security interest taken in violation of this section is void.

(2)  This section shall not apply with respect to an open-end credit plan under which a lender makes advances and takes or retains a security interest in the principal dwelling of the debtor where the advances are made in accordance with an established credit limit of at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the plan.

Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 3-510, eff. July 1, 1969.  Amended by Laws 1982, c. 335, § 48, operative Oct. 1, 1982.