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KRS 286.4-570

Wage purchases -- Assignment of compensation

Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky

(1) The payment of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or less in money, credit, goods, or things in action, as consideration for any sale, assignment, or order for the payment of wages, salary, commissions, or other compensation for services, whether earned or to be earned, shall be deemed for the purposes of regulation under this subtitle, a loan secured by such assignment, and the amount by which such assigned compensation exceeds the amount of such consideration actually paid shall be deemed for the purposes of regulation under this subtitle interest or charges upon such loans from the date of payment to the date such compensation is payable. Such transaction shall be governed by and subject to the provisions of this subtitle.

(2) No assignment of or order for payment of any salary, wages, commissions, or other compensation for services, earned or to be earned, when taken as security for any loan made under this subtitle, shall be valid unless the amount of the loan is paid to the borrower simultaneously with its execution. Under any assignment of or order for the payment of future salary, wages, commissions, or other compensation for services given as security for a loan made under this subtitle, there shall not at any time be collectible from the employer of the borrower more than ten percent (10%) of the amount then owing the borrower for any such salary, wages, commissions or other compensation for services.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.