Chapter 36. Direct Motor Vehicle Installment Loans.
§ 28–3601. Direct motor vehicle installment loans.
The provisions of the Act approved April 22, 1960 (Public Law 86-431, 74 Stat. 69; D.C. Code, 1967 Ed., Chapter 9 of Title 40, [Chapter 6 of Title 50, 2001 Ed.]), covering installment sales of motor vehicles, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder, shall apply to the extent appropriate to, a direct installment loan, secured by a security interest in a motor vehicle, made by a federally insured bank or savings and loan association doing business in the District of Columbia, subject to section 28-3602 .
§ 28–3602. Finance charge.
Such a bank or savings and loan association may contract for and receive interest at the rate provided for in Chapter 33 of this subtitle, or, in lieu of such interest, a finance charge which, if expressed as an annual percentage rate, does not exceed a rate of 21% per annum on the unpaid balances of principal.
§ 28–3603. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, “finance charge” and “annual percentage rate” shall have the respective meanings under the provisions of the Truth-in-Lending Act (82 Stat. 146 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and the regulations and interpretations thereunder; and “federally insured bank or savings and loan association” means an insured bank as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or an “insured institution” as defined in section 401 of the National Housing Act.
