Section 201. Maximum Lawful Interest Rate.--(a) Except as provided in Article III of this act, the maximum lawful rate of interest for the loan or use of money in an amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or less in all cases where no express contract shall have been made for a less rate shall be six per cent per annum.
(b) The maximum lawful rate of interest set forth in this section shall not apply to:
(1) an obligation to pay a sum of money in an original bona fide principal amount of more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);
(2) an unsecured, noncollateralized loan in excess of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000); or
(3) business loans of any principal amount.
(201 amended July 8, 2008, P.L.824, No.57)