Section 58-10-44 - Property improvement, educational and manufactured home financing loansAny association may make or purchase loans without the security of a lien upon real property as follows:
A. simple interest, discount or gross charge loans for property alteration, repair, improvement or for the equipping of any residential real property, if:(1) with respect to the same property alteration, repair or improvement, the net proceeds of any such loan investment made pursuant to this subsection do not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000);(2) with respect to any such loan investment for the equipping of any residential real property, the net proceeds of the loan investment plus the aggregate of the unpaid net proceeds of all other of the association's outstanding equipping loan investments relating to the same property, which are made pursuant to this subsection, do not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000);(3) the property is located in the association's regular lending area;(4) the loan is evidenced by one or more notes, bonds or other written evidences of debt;(5) the loan is repayable in equal weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or quarterly installments with the first installment due no later than one hundred twenty days from the date the loan is made and the final installment due no later than ten years and thirty-two days from that date. However, the loan contract may provide for a first or final installment, or both, in an amount other than that of the regular installment but, in such instances, such installment shall not be less than one-half of nor more than one and one-half times the amount of the regular installment;(6) investment in a loan for the equipping of residential real property will not cause the outstanding aggregate of all investments in loans for the equipping of such property to exceed five percent of an association's assets; and(7) the resulting aggregate amount of all such loans made under this section does not exceed an amount equal to twenty percent of the association's assets;B. loans made for the payment of expenses of college or university education, but no association shall make any investment in loans under this subsection if the principal amount of its investment in such loans, exclusive of any investment which is or which at the time of its making was otherwise authorized, would thereupon exceed five percent of its assets. Such loans may be secured, partly secured or unsecured, and the association may require a comaker, insurance, guaranty under a governmental student loan guarantee plan or other protection against contingencies. The borrower shall certify to the association that the proceeds of the loan are to be used by a full-time student solely for the payment of expenses of college or university education. As used in this subsection: (1) "loan" means any loan, obligation and advance of credit; and(2) "college or university education" means education at an institution which provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree, or provides not less than a two-year program which is acceptable for full credit towards a bachelor's degree; andC. loans made for manufactured home financing, subject to any limitation as to maximum loan amount or term which the supervisor may prescribe for all associations. As used in this section, "manufactured home" means a movable accommodation with not less than four hundred square feet floor space and used or designed for use as living quarters. Any loan pursuant to this subsection is subject to all provisions of the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act.1953 Comp., § 48-15-88, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 61, § 44; 1971, ch. 242, § 2; 1973, ch. 224, § 1; 1983, ch. 295, § 6.