11. Some states that permit title loans have no usury laws and, therefore, no cap on interest-rates. 12. Her committee soon will consider legislation that would end pawnshops'historic exemption from the criminal usury laws . 13. On March 14 he filed a countersuit, contending that Mexican usury laws prohibit sky-high interest rates. 14. The police try to enforce the anti-usury laws . 15. There were also a number of methods of evading the anti-usury laws completely, identified in the Mishnah. 16. Arizona usury law prohibits lending institutions to charge greater than 36 % annual interest on a loan. 17. Many U . S . states have usury laws limiting the amount of interest a lender can charge. 18. He also represented small businesses alleging they were injured by financial arrangements in violation of the usury laws . 19. _Check with banks in states with usury laws , such as Arkansas, where credit-card interest rates are capped by law. 20. Yet even with the tax break, Texarkana, Ark ., still cannot compete with Texas because of the usury law .