Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21-47q
Memorandum or note. Limitation on fee for use of money loaned. Check, draft and money order requirements.
(b) No fine art secured lender or person who loans money on the deposit or pledge of fine art shall take or receive, for the use of money loaned on fine art, any more than two per cent per month or fraction thereof.
(c) Each check, draft or money order used to pay for fine art received by a fine art secured lender shall contain the number or numbers associated with such fine art in the record keeping system maintained in accordance with section 21-47p . Whenever payment is made by check, the fine art secured lender shall retain the electronic copy of such check or other record issued by the financial institution that processed such check, and such copy or record shall be subject to examination pursuant to section 21-47p as part of such record keeping system. No fine art secured lender shall cash any check, draft or money order issued by such fine art secured lender in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars and no person shall structure any transaction or transactions to avoid this prohibition. Any transaction or transactions between a fine art secured lender and the same party within a twenty-four-hour period shall be aggregated and considered a single transaction for the purposes of this subsection.