Sec. 4.1. Interest rate  


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  • For the purpose of General Obligations Law sections 5-501 and 5-524, and Banking Law sections 108(1), 173(1), 202(1), 235-b, 380-e, 454(6), 510-a(1) and 577(1), and except as otherwise provided by law, the maximum rate of interest to be charged, taken or received, upon a loan or forbearance of any money, goods, or things in action is as follows:
    Effective July 1, 1968
     
    7.25% per annum
    Effective February 16, 1969
     
    7.50% per annum
    Effective August 15, 1973
     
    8.00% per annum
    Effective October 11, 1973
     
    8.50% per annum
    Effective December 8, 1978
     
    9.50% per annum
    Effective May 1, 1979
     
    9.75% per annum
    Effective August 1, 1979
     
    10.00% per annum
    Effective November 1, 1979
     
    10.25% per annum
    Effective February 1, 1980
     
    10.50% per annum
    Effective May 1, 1980
     
    10.75% per annum
    Effective August 1, 1980
     
    11.00% per annum
    Effective November 1, 1980
     
    11.25% per annum
    Effective December 1, 1980
     
    16.00% per annum