In this issue of Community Banker, we discuss the applicability of a North Dakota Century Code statute to collection fees.

An excerpt:

We are asked on occasion whether state law prohibits clauses in loan documents that provide for the lender’s recovery of any collection costs after a default, or whether the law only applies to provisions for repayment of attorney’s fees. As this article explains, the statute prohibits just the collection of attorney’s fees.

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