Section 22304 Of Article 3. Loan Regulations From California Financial Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
22304
. As an alternative to the charges authorized by Section
22303, a licensee may contract for and receive charges at the greater
of the following:
(a) A rate not exceeding 1.6 percent per month on the unpaid
principal balance.
(b) A rate not exceeding five-sixths of 1 percent per month plus a
percentage per month equal to one-twelfth of the annual rate
prevailing on the 25th day of the second month of the quarter
preceding the quarter in which the loan is made, as established by
the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on advances to member
banks under Sections 13 and 13a of the Federal Reserve Act, as now in
effect or hereafter from time to time amended, or if there is no
single determinable rate for advances, the closest counterpart of
this rate as shall be determined by the Commissioner of Financial
Institutions. Charges shall be calculated on the unpaid principal
balance.
(c) This section does not apply to any loan of a bona fide
principal amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or
more as determined in accordance with Section 22251.