Public Law 90-321

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Public Law 90-321 is the 1968 federal statute better known as the Truth in Lending Act, which mandates clear disclosure of credit terms to protect consumers in credit transactions.

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Public Law 90-321 canonical 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
affects consumers ⓘ
creditors ⓘ
appliesTo closed-end credit ⓘ
consumer credit transactions ⓘ
credit cards ⓘ
installment loans ⓘ
mortgage loans ⓘ
open-end credit ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSectionsBegin 15 U.S.C. § 1601 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enactmentDate 1968-05-29 ⓘ
enactmentYear 1968 ⓘ
enforcedBy Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
Federal Reserve Board (historically) ⓘ
hasAmendments amended multiple times after 1968 ⓘ
hasLegislativeGoal avoidance of uninformed use of credit ⓘ
standardization of credit cost disclosures ⓘ
hasPublicLawNumber Pub.L. 90-321 ⓘ
hasSection Section 102 (Congressional findings and declaration of purpose) ⓘ
Section 121 (disclosure requirements) ⓘ
Section 125 (right of rescission) ⓘ
Section 130 (civil liability) ⓘ
Section 131 (liability of assignees) ⓘ
Section 132 (criminal liability) ⓘ
hasShortName TILA ⓘ
Truth in Lending Act ⓘ
implementedByRegulation Regulation Z ⓘ
influenced later U.S. consumer credit regulations ⓘ
legalStatus in force (as amended) ⓘ
partOf Consumer Credit Protection Act ⓘ
providesFor civil liability for creditors ⓘ
rescission rights in certain credit transactions ⓘ
statutory damages ⓘ
purpose to assure meaningful disclosure of credit terms ⓘ
to promote the informed use of consumer credit ⓘ
to protect consumers against inaccurate and unfair credit billing and credit card practices ⓘ
relatedTo Equal Credit Opportunity Act ⓘ
Fair Credit Billing Act ⓘ
Fair Credit Reporting Act ⓘ
requires clear disclosure of credit terms ⓘ
disclosure of annual percentage rate ⓘ
disclosure of finance charges ⓘ
disclosure of total of payments ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
subjectMatter consumer credit ⓘ
consumer protection in lending ⓘ
credit disclosure ⓘ

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Truth in Lending Act → publicLawNumber → Public Law 90-321 ⓘ
Truth in Lending Act → publicLawNumber → Public Law 90-321 ⓘ
subject linked to: TILA
CCPA → legalCitation → Public Law 90-321 ⓘ