Tex. Fin. Code § 342.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER
CONSTITUTIONAL INTEREST; EXEMPTION FOR LOAN WITH INTEREST RATE OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise fixed by law, the maximum rate of interest is 10 percent a year.
(b) A loan providing for a rate of interest that is 10 percent a year or less is not subject to this chapter.
(c) A loan described by Section 302.001(d) may provide for a delinquency charge as provided by that section without being subject to this chapter or any other provision of this subtitle.
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History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 916, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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