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Wash. Rev. Code § 19.52.090 (2025)

Defense of usury or maintaining action thereon prohibited for certain types of transactions after May 1, 1980, and prior to March 1, 1981

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No person may plead the defense of usury or maintain any action thereon or therefor for the interest charged on the unpaid balance of a contract for the sale and purchase of personal property which was not purchased primarily for personal, family or household use or real property if the purchase was made after May 1, 1980 and prior to March 1, 1981.
[ 1981 c 78 s 9.]

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Severability—1981 c 78: See note following RCW 19.52.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1985–1985 · leading case: Swanson v. May, 697 P.2d 1013 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985).
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Swanson v. May, 697 P.2d 1013 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “9; that the equipment was not purchased for personal, family or household use; 2 and that the agreement contained a usurious rate of interest.”
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