Types (2)
Secured Promissory Note – A loan contract in which the borrower guarantees the lender’s repayment by pledging an asset as collateral.
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Unsecured Promissory Note – Binds a borrower to the terms of money lent without requiring collateral.
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Laws
- Interest & Usury Laws: Chapter 99
- Usury Rate with a Contract (§ 99.050): No limit, although creditors cannot charge a rate higher than 36% or the maximum annual rate for consumer credit extended to a service member or a dependent thereof, whichever is less.
- Usury Rate without a Contract (§ 99.040): 2% above the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada.
- Usury Rate for Judgements (§ 17.130(2)): If there is no other rate provided by any contract or law, 2% above the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada.
- Usury Rate for Pawnbrokers (§ 646.050): 13% per month