1. A title lender shall not:
- (1) Accept a pledge from a person under eighteen years of age or from anyone who appears to be intoxicated;
- (2) Make a loan which exceeds five thousand dollars;
- (3) Accept any waiver of any right or protection of a borrower;
- (4) Fail to exercise reasonable care to protect from loss or damage certificates of title or titled personal property in the physical possession of the title lender;
- (5) Purchase titled personal property in the operation of its business;
- (6) Enter into a title loan agreement unless the borrower presents clear title at the time that the loan is made;
- (7) Knowingly violate any provision of sections 367.500 to 367.533 or any rule promulgated thereunder;
- (8) Violate any provision of sections 408.551 to 408.557 and sections 408.560 to 408.562; or
- (9) Store repossessed titled personal property at a location more than fifteen miles from the office where the title loan agreement was executed.
- 2. If a title lender enters into a transaction contrary to this section, the loan and the lien shall be void.
(L. 1998 H.B. 1526 § 10, A.L. 2001 H.B. 738 merged with S.B. 186)