16a-3-306. (UCCC) Authorization to confess judgment prohibited. No consumer or any other person acting on the consumer's behalf may authorize any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of a consumer credit transaction. An authorization in violation of this section shall be void.
History: L. 1973, ch. 85, § 52; L. 2024, ch. 6, § 74; January 1, 2025.
KANSAS COMMENT, 2010
This section does not prohibit the consumer from confessing judgment in connection with litigation. A similar prohibition is found in the F.T.C. Credit Practices Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 444.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
Mentioned in discussion of limitation of the effect of various clauses in consumer notes, Barkley Clark, 42 J.B.A.K. 147, 199 (1973).
"URLTA, Kansas, and the Common Law," Michael J. Davis, 21 K.L.R. 387, 396 (1973).
"The U.C.C.C. and Real Estate Financing: A Square Peg in a Round Hole," Thomas L. Griswold, 28 K.L.R. 601, 613 (1980).
"History & Overview of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code," Ryan E. Hodge, J.K.T.L.A. Vol. XXVI, No. 3, 8 (2003).
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