Sec. 06.20.010. - License required. - Alaska Statutes

(a) A person may not engage in the business of making loans of money, credit, goods, or things in action in the amount or of the value of $25,000 or less and charge, contract for, or receive on the loan a greater rate of interest, discount, or consideration than the lender would be permitted by law to charge if the person were not a licensee under this chapter, except as authorized by this chapter and without first obtaining a license from the department.

(b) A person who is doing business under and as permitted by any law of the state or of the United States relating to banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, or credit unions and who is exempt from the licensing requirement in (a) of this section shall comply with all other provisions of this chapter.