N.M. Stat. § 58-15-17
Requirements for making and paying of loans; incomplete
instruments; limitations on charges after judgment and interest.
A. Every licensee shall:
(1)
at the time a consumer becomes contractually obligated on a loan
pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955, deliver to the borrower or, if there
are two or more borrowers on the same obligation, to one of them, a statement on
which shall be printed a copy of Section 58-15-14.1 NMSA 1978 and which shall
disclose in clear and distinct terms:
(a) the amount of the loan;
(b) the date the loan was made;
(c) a schedule or a description of the payments;
(d) the type of the security, if any, for the loan;
(e) the name and address of the licensee;
(f) the name of the person primarily obligated for the loan;
(g) the amount of principal;
(h) the annual percentage rate as disclosed pursuant to 12 CFR Part 1026,
known as "Regulation Z", and the amount in dollars and cents;
(i) all other disclosures required pursuant to state and federal law; and
(j) the charge for any other item allowable and included pursuant to the New
Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955, so stated as to clearly show the allocation of each item
included;
(2)
for each payment made on account of a loan, give to the person making
the payment a plain and complete receipt specifying the date and amount of the
payment, the amount applied to interest and principal and the balance unpaid. When
payment is made in any other manner than by the borrower in person, by an agent of
the borrower or by check or money order, the licensee shall mail the receipt to the
borrower's last known address or retain and deliver the receipt upon request of the
borrower. A licensee may deliver the receipt electronically to the borrower via text
message or email, if requested to do so in writing by the borrower. A borrower may
withdraw authorization for electronic delivery of receipts in writing at any time. A
licensee shall not require a borrower to receive receipts electronically. The licensee
shall maintain a copy of each receipt in the office of the licensee as a part of the
licensee's records; and
(3)
upon repayment of the loan in full, mark plainly every note and promise to
pay signed by any borrower with the word "paid" or "canceled" and promptly file or
record a release of any mortgage if the mortgage has been recorded, restore any
pledge and cancel and return any note and any assignment given to the licensee. A
licensee may mark and return a copy of the note, promise to pay or any assignment if
the copy accurately reproduces the complete original.
B. A licensee shall not take a note or promise to pay that does not disclose the
amount of the loan, a schedule of payments, or a description thereof, and the agreed
charge or rate of charge or any instrument in which blanks are left to be filled in after
execution.
C. A judgment against a party on a loan made pursuant to the New Mexico Small
Loan Act of 1955 shall not include, and the loan shall not include, from the date of the
judgment, charges against a party to the loan other than costs, attorney fees and post-
judgment interest as provided by law.
D. A loan made pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 that is filed and
approved as a claim in any bankruptcy proceeding shall bear interest at the rate of ten
percent per year beginning on the ninetieth day following the date of adjudication. This
limitation shall not apply when the bankrupt is not discharged in bankruptcy or to any
obligation not dischargeable under the provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code
presently in force.
E. A loan made pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955 shall not bear interest in excess of ten percent per year on the unpaid principal
balance of a loan after ninety days following the date of the death of the borrower.
F. A loan made pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 shall not bear
interest in excess of ten percent per year upon the unpaid principal balance of the loan
after twelve months following the date of maturity of the loan.
G. A lender shall not make a loan pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955 if a loan has an initial stated maturity of less than one hundred twenty days unless
the loan is a refund anticipation loan.
H. A lender shall not make a loan pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955 unless the loan is an installment loan or a refund anticipation loan.
I. A lender shall not make a loan pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955, other than a refund anticipation loan, unless the loan is repayable in a minimum
of four substantially equal installment payments of principal and interest.
J. A lender shall not make a loan pursuant to the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955 that has a permitted annual percentage rate greater than thirty-six percent,
calculated pursuant to 12 CFR Part 1026, known as "Regulation Z", this subsection and
Subsections K and L of this section; provided that the calculation of the permitted
annual percentage rate shall:
(1)
include finance charges as defined in 12 CFR Part 1026, known as
"Regulation Z", charges for any ancillary product or service sold or any fee charged in
connection or concurrent with the extension of credit, any credit insurance premium or
fee and any charge for single premium credit insurance or any other fee related to
insurance;
(2)
include any charge as provided in Paragraph (1) of this subsection even if
that charge would be excluded from the calculation of finance charges pursuant to
Regulation Z;
(3)
not include any amount paid to a public official in relation to the extension
of credit, including fees to record liens;
(4)
not include a fee on a loan of five hundred dollars ($500) or less; provided
further that the fee shall not exceed five percent of the total principal of the loan and
shall not be imposed on any borrower more than one time per twelve-month period; and
(5)
follow the rules established for calculating the disclosed annual
percentage rate for credit transactions pursuant to Regulation Z based on the charges
set forth in Paragraphs (1) and (4) of this subsection.
K. Nothing in Subsection J of this section shall permit the imposition of fees, interest
or charges of any kind not otherwise permitted by the New Mexico Small Loan Act of
1955.
L. If the prime rate of interest exceeds ten percent for three consecutive months,
then during the month following the third consecutive month in which prime exceeded
ten percent, the maximum allowable permitted annual percentage rate set forth in this
section shall increase to thirty-six percent plus each percentage point or fraction of a
percentage point by which the prime rate of interest exceeded ten percent in the most
recent month. When the prime rate of interest falls below ten percent for three
consecutive months, the maximum allowable permitted annual percentage rate shall
return to thirty-six percent.
M. The director of the division shall post a notice on the division's website within ten
days after the provisions of Subsection L of this section become applicable. The notice
shall state the date on which any increase or decrease in the maximum allowable
permitted annual percentage rate is effective.
N. The maximum allowable permitted annual percentage rate for a loan to a
consumer shall be determined as of the date that the loan is made.
O. Upon request from the borrower, all lenders licensed pursuant to the New Mexico
Small Loan Act of 1955 shall give or forward to the borrower copies of all loan
agreements concerning that borrower, a copy of all receipts maintained in that
borrower's loan file and a written statement of that borrower's loan history, including all
fees charged, amortization schedules, that borrower's payment history, including the
dates and amounts of payments made, and the total amount unpaid pursuant to each
contract. All lenders shall retain for seven years from the date of loan file origination or
loan payoff, whichever is the later, the documentation specified in this subsection.
P. Any rollover, renewal, refinance or modification of an existing loan agreement
with a licensee, except a modification without any additional cost to the borrower, shall
constitute a new loan and shall require new disclosures pursuant to the federal Truth in
Lending Act.