ORS 725.045: Prohibition on making certain consumer finance loans without license; application of license requirement.

(1)(a) Except as provided in ORS 82.010, 82.020 and 82.025 and subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person may not conduct a business in which the person makes a consumer finance loan of $50,000 or less or acts as an agent, broker or facilitator for a person that makes a consumer finance loan of $50,000 or less unless the person first obtains a license under this chapter. (b) If at the time a person made a consumer finance loan of $50,000 or less the person did not have a license that the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services issued under this chapter, the consumer finance loan is void, and the person, or a successor, assignee or affiliate of the person, may not deposit a borrower’s or consumer’s check, withdraw moneys from a borrower’s or consumer’s account or otherwise collect, receive or retain principal, interest, a fee or a charge related to or in connection with the consumer finance loan. (2) This section does not apply to a person that does not collect a fee or consideration in connection with a consumer finance loan or an application for a consumer finance loan and that: (a) Does not interact directly with a borrower or consumer; (b) Acts solely as an intermediary between the borrower or consumer and a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a consumer finance loan; (c) Transmits information, electronically or otherwise, concerning the borrower or consumer to a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a consumer finance loan; or (d) Prepares, issues or delivers a negotiable instrument to a lender or a person that conducts business as a broker or facilitator for a consumer finance loan for subsequent delivery to a borrower or consumer. (3) A person may collect principal, interest, a fee or a charge related to or in connection with a consumer finance loan if the license the director issued under this chapter lapsed inadvertently or by mistake. [1989 c.424 §2; 2007 c.603 §2; 2010 c.23 §31; 2015 c.490 §1]