Michigan § 493.2 Business of making loans; license required; application for license; oath; form and contents; fees; proof of net worth.

Michigan Statutes

§ 493.2 — Business of making loans; license required; application for license; oath; form and contents; fees; proof of net worth.

Michigan § 493.2

Ch. 493REGULATORY LOANS

Act 21 of 1939REGULATORY LOAN ACT (493.1-493.26)

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Bluebook

Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.2 (2026).

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REGULATORY LOAN ACT (EXCERPT) Act 21 of 1939 493.2 Business of making loans; license required; application for license; oath; form and contents; fees; proof of net worth. Sec. 2.

(1)Except as otherwise provided under this act, a person shall not engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods, or things in action and charge, contract for, or receive on the loan a greater rate of interest, discount, or consideration than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if the lender were not a licensee under this act and without first obtaining a license from the commissioner, or by obtaining a license under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072.

(2)Application for a license shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by th

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REGULATORY LOAN ACT (EXCERPT) Act 21 of 1939 493.2 Business of making loans; license required; application for license; oath; form and contents; fees; proof of net worth. Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this act, a person shall not engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods, or things in action and charge, contract for, or receive on the loan a greater rate of interest, discount, or consideration than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if the lender were not a licensee under this act and without first obtaining a license from the commissioner, or by obtaining a license under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072. (2) Application for a license shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the commissioner, and contain the name and the address, both of the residence and place of business, of the applicant, if the applicant is a copartnership or association, of every member, and if a corporation, of each officer and director. The application shall also include the address where the business is to be conducted and all other relevant information as the commissioner may require. The applicant at the time of making the application shall pay to the commissioner an investigation and annual operating fee as provided by this act. (3) An applicant shall prove, in form satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant has available net worth of at least $100,000.00 for the operation of the business at the location specified in the application.

Legislative History

1939, Act 21, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 493.2 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 168, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 14, Eff. Oct. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 71, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 270 , Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibility of the financial institutions bureau and the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau to the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services and the office of financial and insurance services by type III transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2000-2, compiled at MCL 445.2003 of the Michigan compiled laws.