Colorado § 5-2-101 - Short title.

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§ 5-2-101. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as "Uniform Consumer Credit Code - Finance Charges and Related Provisions".

Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1195, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 5-2-101, as it existed prior to 2000.

ANNOTATION

Law reviews. For article, "The Uniform Small Loan Law", see 6 Dicta 5 (1929). For article, "Professional Ethics", see 9 Dicta 317 (1932). For article, "Installment Selling in Colorado and Needed Legislation", see 29 Dicta 81 (1952). For note, "Colorado Interest Law", see 34 Dicta 398 (1957). For article, "Highlights of 1955 Colorado Legislative Session — Consumer Finance Act", see 28 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 77 (1955). For article, "One Year Review of Real Property", see 36 Dicta 57 (1959). For article, "One Year Review of Contracts", see 38 Dicta 161 (1961). For article, "The Revolution in Consumer Credit Legislation", see 45 Den. L.J. 679 (1968). For article, "The Plight of the Consumer in the Uniform Consumer Credit Code", see 48 Den. L.J. 1 (1971). For article, "Legislative Overview of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code: A 1971 Perspective", see 48 Den. L.J. 27 (1971).

Annotator's note. (1) For cases construing prior provisions (§ 73-2-1 et seq., C.R.S. 1963, § 73-3-1 et seq., CRS 53) governing loans over $15,000, see Waggener v. Holt Chew Motor Co., 130 Colo. 294, 274 P.2d 968 (1954); Siegal v. Lechler, 130 Colo. 338, 275 P.2d 949 (1954); Camellia Cleaners, Inc. v. Siegal, 131 Colo. 570, 283 P.2d 1083 (1955); Horlbeck v. Walther, 133 Colo. 19, 291 P.2d 688 (1955); Denning v. A.D. Wilson & Co., 137 Colo. 372, 326 P.2d 77 (1958); Von Reisen v. Greeley Fin. Co., 142 Colo. 210, 350 P.2d 340 (1960); Theodore Roosevelt Agency, Inc. v. GMAC, 156 Colo. 237, 398 P.2d 965 (1965), Dennis v. Bradbury, 236 F. Supp. 683 (D. Colo. 1964), aff'd and reh'g denied, 368 F.2d 905 (1966); Lederman Enters., Inc. v. Westinghouse Credit Corp., 347 F. Supp. 1291 (D. Colo. 1972).

(2) For case construing prior provisions (§ 73-3-1 et seq., C.R.S. 1963, § 73-4-1 et seq., CRS 53) governing loans of $15,000 or less, see Klipping v. McCauley, 143 Colo. 444, 354 P.2d 167 (1960).

(3) For cases construing prior provisions (§ 73-2-1 et seq., CRS 53; CSA, C. 88, §§ 22 through 44; and laws antecedent to CSA, C. 88, §§ 22 through 44) governing small loans ($300 or less), see Newman v. People, 23 Colo. 300, 47 P. 278 (1896); Lamar Canal Co. v. Amity Land & Irrigation Co., 26 Colo. 370, 58 P. 600 (1899); People ex rel. Colo. Bar Ass'n v. Erbaugh, 42 Colo. 480, 94 P. 349 (1908); Cavanaugh v. People, 61 Colo. 292, 157 P. 200 (1916); Warner v. People, 71 Colo. 559, 208 P. 459 (1922); Beneficial Loan & Inv. Co. v. Ira, 75 Colo. 379, 226 P. 136 (1924); Rice v. Franklin Loan & Fin. Co., 82 Colo. 163, 258 P. 223 (1927); Angleton v. Franklin Fin. Co., 88 Colo. 322, 295 P. 797 (1931); Gilbert v. Hudgens, 92 Colo. 571, 22 P.2d 858 (1933); Gronert v. People, 95 Colo. 508, 37 P.2d 396 (1934); Furlong v. People, 95 Colo. 571, 37 P.2d 1119 (1934); Daniels v. Fenton, 97 Colo. 409, 50 P.2d 62 (1935); Dowd v. Labor Fin. Corp., 100 Colo. 512, 69 P.2d 305 (1937); Siebers v. Labor Fin. Corp., 100 Colo. 40, 64 P.2d 1263 (1937); Waddell v. Traylor, 99 Colo. 576, 64 P.2d 1273 (1937); Siebers v. Disque, 102 Colo. 39, 76 P.2d 1108 (1938); Personal Fin. Co. v. Baker, 105 Colo. 1, 94 P.2d 460 (1939); Personal Fin. Co. v. Day, 126 F.2d 281 (10th Cir. 1942); Ray v. City & County of Denver, 109 Colo. 74, 121 P.2d 886 (1942); Sullivan v. Siegal, 125 Colo. 544, 245 P.2d 860 (1952).

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