§3512.  Exclusions

This law does not apply to:

(1)  Extensions of credit to organizations, including government or governmental agencies or instrumentalities.

(2)  The sale of insurance by an insurer, except as otherwise provided in the part on insurance; however, this law shall apply to the sale of insurance by an insurance agent in which such agent charges a credit service charge and the insured is permitted to defer all or part of the amount due such agent in two or more installments excluding the down payment, and which otherwise constitutes a "consumer credit sale".

(3)  Transactions under public utility or common carrier tariffs if a subdivision or agency of this state or of the United States regulates, approves, or consents to the charges for the services involved, the charges for delayed payment, and any discount allowed for early payment.

(4)  Motor vehicle credit transactions, including refinancings, subject to the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, R.S. 6:969.1 et seq.

(5)  Federally chartered and state chartered credit unions and transactions between credit unions and the members thereof.

(6)  Pawn brokerage services.

(7)  Credit transactions involving extensions of credit for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes.

(8)  Federally related mortgage loans.  This exclusion does not apply to loans secured by residential property made specifically subject to the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law by contract.

Acts 1972, No. 454, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Acts 1974, No. 466, §2; Acts 1974, No. 144, §1; Acts 1980, No. 694, §1; Acts 1983, No. 365, §1; Acts 1986, No. 584, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1990, No. 847, §1; Acts 2001, No. 877, §2; Acts 2003, No. 340, §1; Acts 2006, No. 213, §1.