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NRS 604A.5074

Restrictions on duration of loan and periods of extension

Known as the Payday Lender Best Practices Act

The act spans §§ 604A.010 to 604A.940 (176 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case STATE, DEP'T OF BUS. AND INDUS. VS. TITLEMAX OF NEV., INC. (2019)

Most recently applied in STATE, DEP'T OF BUS. AND INDUS. VS. TITLEMAX OF NEV., INC. (September 2021)

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1692; A 2007, 937; 2017, 1441)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 604A.445)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary:

1. The original term of a title loan must not exceed 30 days.

2. The title loan may be extended for not more than six additional periods of extension, with each such period not to exceed 30 days, if:

(a) Any interest or charges accrued during the original term of the title loan or any period of extension of the title loan are not capitalized or added to the principal amount of the title loan during any subsequent period of extension;

(b) The annual percentage rate charged on the title loan during any period of extension is not more than the annual percentage rate charged on the title loan during the original term; and

(c) No additional origination fees, set-up fees, collection fees, transaction fees, negotiation fees, handling fees, processing fees, late fees, default fees or any other fees, regardless of the name given to the fees, are charged in connection with any extension of the title loan.

3. The original term of a title loan may be up to 210 days if:

(a) The loan provides for payments in installments;

(b) The payments are calculated to ratably and fully amortize the entire amount of principal and interest payable on the loan;

(c) The loan is not subject to any extension;

(d) The loan does not require a balloon payment of any kind; and

(e) The loan is not a deferred deposit loan.

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