§412:9-404 - Limitation on loans and extensions of credit to one borrower.

     §412:9-404  Limitation on loans and extensions of credit to one borrower.  (a)  No depository financial services loan company shall permit a person to become indebted or liable to it, either directly or indirectly, on loans and extensions of credit in a total amount outstanding at any one time in excess of twenty per cent of the depository financial services loan company's capital and surplus; provided that such aggregate amount may be increased to one hundred per cent of the depository financial services loan company's capital and surplus if the loans and extensions of credit made to the person in excess of twenty per cent of the depository financial services loan company's capital and surplus are fully secured by real property as provided in section 412:9‑405.

     (b)  The limitations set forth in this section shall not apply to:

     (1)  Loans and extensions of credit to the extent secured by a pledge or security interest in a deposit account in the lending depository financial services loan company; and

     (2)  Loans and extensions of credit secured by the interest-bearing obligations of the United States or those for which the faith and credit of the United States are distinctly pledged to provide for the payment of principal and interest thereof or of the State or any county or municipal or political subdivision of this State, issued in compliance with the laws of this State, where the market value of the security shall be at any time not less than one hundred five per cent of the face amount of the loans and extensions of credit. [L 1993, c 350, pt of §1]