This section lets some consumer-credit parties choose the governing law, limits certain agreements about jurisdiction and venue, requires charge reductions in some enforcement actions, and requires compliance with Regulation Z and certain mortgage licensing rules.
§3511. Scope A. Subject to the provisions of R.S. 9:3511(B), the parties to a consumer credit transaction may agree that the law of the place wherein the consumer credit transaction was entered into or the law of the residence of the buyer or debtor shall apply. For the purposes of this Chapter the residence of a buyer or debtor is the address given by him as his residence in any writing signed by him in connection with a consumer credit transaction. Until he notifies the creditor of a new or different address, the given address is presumed to be unchanged. B. Whenever an action is brought in this state to enforce rights arising from consumer credit transactions wherever made the creditor shall, where applicable, reduce the charges so that they do not exceed those provided in Part II and/or III of this chapter. C. Except as otherwise provided herein, the following agreements by a consumer are invalid with respect to consumer credit transactions, or modifications thereof, to which this chapter applies: (1) by which the consumer consents to the jurisdiction of another state; and (2) that fix venue. D. All fees and charges authorized under this Chapter, whether or not such fees and charges constitute or are considered to be loan finance charges, shall be deemed to be "material to the determination of the interest rate" for purposes of exportation to borrowers residing in other states under the most favored lender doctrine of federal law. E. All consumer credit transactions shall comply with federal Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Failure to comply with Regulation Z is a violation of this Chapter. F. The Louisiana S.A.F.E. Residential Mortgage Lending Act, R.S. 6:1081, et seq., is the primary law governing residential mortgage loans as defined in the Louisiana S.A.F.E. Residential Mortgage Lending Act. A residential mortgage lender, broker, and a natural person who is a residential mortgage loan originator shall comply with the licensing provisions of the Louisiana S.A.F.E. Residential Mortgage Lending Act, R.S. 6:1081, et seq., unless otherwise exempt by the Act. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, parties to a consumer loan, as defined in this Part, which is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling as defined in 15 U.S.C. 1602(v), or on residential immovable property upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling, whether or not such a loan includes any additional security interest in movable property, may agree by contract that such a loan shall be governed by the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law, provided the lenders, brokers, and originators are properly licensed under this Part and the Louisiana S.A.F.E. Residential Mortgage Lending Act or otherwise exempt under R.S. 6:1081 et seq. Added by Acts 1972, No. 454, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Acts 1985, No. 592, §2, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 1988, No. 629, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1315, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2007, No. 13, §1, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2009, No. 522, §2, eff. July 31, 2009.