A. The New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 applies to a loan that is a precomputed loan repayable in installments and that is clearly identified on the loan documents as being made under that act.

B. A loan in an amount equal to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less shall be made only pursuant to the New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 or the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 [Chapter 58, Article 15 NMSA 1978].

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a federally insured depository institution.

History: 1978 Comp., § 58-7-3, enacted by Laws 1995, ch. 190, § 15; 2017, ch. 110, § 3.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1995, ch. 190, § 15, repealed former section 58-7-3 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1975, ch. 252, § 1, and enacted a new section, effective June 16, 1995.

The 2017 amendment, effective January 1, 2018, provided that loans in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less shall be made only pursuant to the New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 or the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955, and exempted federally insured depository institutions from the provisions of this section; added the subsection designation "A."; in Subsection A, after "installments", deleted "or" and added "and"; and added Subsections B and C.

Applicability. — Laws 2017, ch. 110, § 26 provided that the provisions of Laws 2017, ch. 110 shall apply to loans subject to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 and the New Mexico Bank Installment Loan Act of 1959 executed on or after January 1, 2018.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 10 Am. Jur. 2d Banks § 684.

9 C.J.S. Banks and Banking § 634.