Mississippi Title Pledge Act

The act regulates title pledge lending — loans secured by a pledge of the certificate of title to personal property such as motor vehicles — and requires anyone making such loans to hold a license from the state, with loans made without one rendered void. It sets eligibility, application, renewal, and change-of-control requirements for licensees, authorizes the supervising commissioner to examine records, adopt rules, investigate complaints, and suspend or revoke licenses, and prescribes penalties and enforcement actions for violations. It also governs the loan itself: the form and execution of the pledge agreement, permitted interest and charges, required consumer disclosures, the borrower's right to redeem, limits on the term and renewal of agreements, a holding period before the lender may dispose of the property, safekeeping and insurance obligations, and a list of prohibited lender practices, while displacing conflicting local ordinances.

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