Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 441 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, FINANCE AND SECURITIES REGULATION
Division 730 - CONSUMER FINANCE
Section 441-730-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Annual percentage rate" or "APR" means the annual percentage rate that every licensee is required by Regulation Z of the Federal Truth in Lending Act (Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) to disclose to each of its credit customers.

(2) "Borrower" means a natural person.

(3) "Charges" means any one or more of the fees, premiums or other charges described by ORS 725.340(2)(a), (3) and (4), and other items charged to a borrower's account; but the term does not include interest or deferral charges.

(4) "Deferral charges" means the additional charge assessed by a licensee made for deferring all unpaid installments as provided by ORS 725.340(2)(b). Deferral charges do not apply to loans with a single payment payback feature.

(5) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(6) "Finance charge" means the cost of consumer credit as a dollar amount. It includes any charge payable directly or indirectly by the consumer and imposed directly or indirectly by the creditor as an incident to or a condition of the extension of credit. It does not include any charge of a type payable in a comparable cash transaction.

(7) "Formalized grading system" means a formula or computer program that determines the creditworthiness of individual borrowers based on information regarding the borrower's financial condition, such as the borrower's income, assets, debts and financial obligations, and the nature and value of any collateral used to secure the loan.

(8) "Fully amortized" means characterized by periodic payments, that if made as scheduled, result in full repayment of the principal and interest owed on a loan by the end of the loan term.

(9) "License" means a consumer finance license issued under ORS 725.140.

(10) "Legally qualified in this state" means a business is qualified to conduct business in this state, having made the appropriate filings with the Secretary of State.

(11) "Licensee" means a person in the business of making loans for periods of more than 60 days that have periodic payments.

(12) "Loan" means a loan that is subject to the Oregon Consumer Finance Act.

(13) "Loan underwriting" means a written or otherwise documented evaluation of the assumption of risk preceding the granting of a loan to a specific borrower, and may be fulfilled through use of a formalized grading system. Loan underwriting may be based on one or more of the following:

(14) "Periodic payments" means loan repayments scheduled for monthly or more frequent periods of time.

(15) "Person" means a natural person or an organization, including a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, association, limited liability company, or cooperative.