Description: <div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#333333" face="times new roman">On July 21, 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) expanded the coverage of the regulations for the Military Lending Act (MLA). The new regulation becomes effective for pawn transactions and others on October 3, 2016. </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="times new roman"><span style="line-height:16px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><font color="#333333">Available to customers with an active account, </font></span></span></font><font color="#333333" face="times new roman">Apperson is now offering the MLA-Borrower Information Request form for </font><font color="#3366ff" face="times new roman"><b>FREE!</b></font><font color="#333333" face="times new roman"> This form should be filled out by the borrower prior to making the pawn loan. For use by pawnbrokers who are checking (safe harbor) all their borrowers against the DoD's database.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="times new roman"><font color="#333333">***Use of this Information Request form alone</font><i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </i><font color="#ff0000">DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE MLA SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS</font><font color="#333333">. To be under Safe Harbor you must check all borrowers through the DoD’s Online Database plus retain a copy of the certificate supplied by the database.***</font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#333333">Please contact your account representative to receive your </font><b><font color="#3366ff">FREE</font></b><font color="#333333"> fillable and printable PDF</font> <font color="#333333">copy of </font></span><font color="#333333"><span style="line-height: 16px;">the MLA-Borrower Information Request today!</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#3366ff" face="times new roman"><span style="line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>800.473.6761</b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="times new roman" size="1"><span style="line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>***Users should consult with their local associations and legal counsel concerning the form's use. The responsible and proper use of this form is not the legal liability of Apperson.</b></span></font></div>
