Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3106
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Prohibited acts
Official statutory text
A deferred deposit lender shall not:
1. Charge fees other than, or in excess of those authorized by
the Deferred Deposit Lending Act;
2. Make deferred deposit loans at unlicensed locations;
3. Alter or delete the date on an instrument after it has been
accepted by the lender pursuant to a deferred deposit loan;
4. Accept an undated instrument or an instrument dated on a
date other than the date of the deferred deposit loan;
5. Accept an instrument unless the account on which the
instrument is drawn is a legitimate, open and active account;
6. Require a debtor to provide security for the deferred
deposit loan or require a debtor to provide a guaranty from another
person;
7. Advance a loan amount greater than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) to a borrower in one deferred deposit loan transaction
exclusive of the finance charge allowed in Section 3108 of this
title;
8. Engage in a deferred deposit loan with a term of less than
twelve (12) days or more than forty-five (45) days;
9. Negotiate or present an instrument for payment unless the
instrument is endorsed with the actual business name of the lender;
10. Negotiate any instrument presented by a borrower if the
borrower has redeemed the instrument by paying the full amount due
under the deferred deposit loan;
11. Make any charge for insurance in connection with a deferred
deposit loan transaction;
12. Refuse the borrower’s right to rescind the deferred deposit
loan at any time between the time of the deferred deposit loan
transaction and 5 p.m. of the next business day following the
deferred deposit loan transaction;
13. Charge the borrower an additional finance charge or fee for
cashing a lender’s business instrument, if the lender pays the
proceeds from the loan transaction in the form of a business
instrument;
14. Require or accept more than one dated instrument per
deferred deposit loan; or
15. Refuse the borrower’s right to enter into an installment
payment plan, pursuant to this act.
1. Charge fees other than, or in excess of those authorized by
the Deferred Deposit Lending Act;
2. Make deferred deposit loans at unlicensed locations;
3. Alter or delete the date on an instrument after it has been
accepted by the lender pursuant to a deferred deposit loan;
4. Accept an undated instrument or an instrument dated on a
date other than the date of the deferred deposit loan;
5. Accept an instrument unless the account on which the
instrument is drawn is a legitimate, open and active account;
6. Require a debtor to provide security for the deferred
deposit loan or require a debtor to provide a guaranty from another
person;
7. Advance a loan amount greater than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) to a borrower in one deferred deposit loan transaction
exclusive of the finance charge allowed in Section 3108 of this
title;
8. Engage in a deferred deposit loan with a term of less than
twelve (12) days or more than forty-five (45) days;
9. Negotiate or present an instrument for payment unless the
instrument is endorsed with the actual business name of the lender;
10. Negotiate any instrument presented by a borrower if the
borrower has redeemed the instrument by paying the full amount due
under the deferred deposit loan;
11. Make any charge for insurance in connection with a deferred
deposit loan transaction;
12. Refuse the borrower’s right to rescind the deferred deposit
loan at any time between the time of the deferred deposit loan
transaction and 5 p.m. of the next business day following the
deferred deposit loan transaction;
13. Charge the borrower an additional finance charge or fee for
cashing a lender’s business instrument, if the lender pays the
proceeds from the loan transaction in the form of a business
instrument;
14. Require or accept more than one dated instrument per
deferred deposit loan; or
15. Refuse the borrower’s right to enter into an installment
payment plan, pursuant to this act.
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