Idaho Statutes
§ 28-41-102 — PURPOSES — RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Idaho § 28-41-102
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 28COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Part 1.SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PROVISIONS
Ch. 41GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 28-41-102 (2026).
Text
(1)This act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(2)The underlying purposes and policies of this act are:
(a)To simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing installment sales, credit, loans and usury;
(b)To further understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to foster competition among suppliers of credit so that debtors may obtain credit at reasonable cost;
(c)To protect debtors against unfair practices by some suppliers of credit, having due regard for the interests of legitimate and scrupulous creditors;
(d)To permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound credit practices; and
(e)To conform the regulation of those credit transactions to the policies of the Federal Consumer Credit Protection
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Related
Carroll v. MBNA America Bank
220 P.3d 1080 (Idaho Supreme Court, 2009)
Stimpson v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.
347 F. Supp. 3d 538 (D. Idaho, 2018)
Legislative History
[28-41-102, added 1983, ch. 119, sec. 3, p. 265.]
Nearby Sections
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§ 28-1-101
SHORT TITLES§ 28-1-102
SCOPE OF CHAPTER§ 28-1-104
CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLIED REPEAL§ 28-1-105
SEVERABILITY§ 28-1-106
USE OF SINGULAR AND PLURAL — GENDER§ 28-1-107
SECTION CAPTIONS§ 28-1-201
GENERAL DEFINITIONS§ 28-1-202
NOTICE — KNOWLEDGE§ 28-1-204
VALUE§ 28-1-205
REASONABLE TIME — SEASONABLENESS§ 28-1-206
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Idaho § 28-41-102, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/28-41-102.