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substance (IC 35-48-4-4).
(33) Dealing in marijuana, hash oil,
hashish, or salvia (IC 35-48-4-10).
(34) Money laundering (IC 35-45-15-5).
(35) A violation of IC 35-47.5-5.
(36) A violation of any of the following:
(A) IC 23-14-48-9.
(B) IC 30-2-9-7(b).
(C) IC 30-2-10-9(b).
(D) IC 30-2-13-38(f).
(37) Practice of law by a person who is not
an attorney (IC 33-43-2-1).
(38) Dealing in a synthetic drug or syn-
thetic drug lookalike substance (IC 35-
48-4-10.5, or IC 35-48-4-10 before its
amendment in 2013).
35-45-6-2. Corrupt business influence.
A person:
(1) who has knowingly or intentionally
received any proceeds directly or indi-
rectly derived from a pattern of racket-
eering activity, and who uses or invests
those proceeds or the proceeds derived
from them to acquire an interest in prop-
erty or to establish or to operate an enter-
prise;
(2) who through a pattern of racketeering
activity, knowingly or intentionally
acquires or maintains, either directly or
indirectly, an interest in or control of prop-
erty or an enterprise; or
(3) who is employed by or associated with
an enterprise, and who knowingly or inten-
tionally conducts or otherwise participates
in the activities of that enterprise through
a pattern of racketeering activity;
commits corrupt business influence, a Level 5
felony.
Chapter 7. Loansharking.
35-45-7-1.
Definitions.
35-45-7-2.
Loansharking.
35-45-7-3.
Application of chapter.
35-45-7-4.
Contracts void.
35-45-7-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
“Loan” means any transaction described in
section 3 of this chapter, whether or not the trans-
action is in the form of a loan as defined in IC 24-
4.5-3-106, and without regard to whether the per-
son making the loan is regularly engaged in
making consumer loans, consumer credit sales, or
consumer leases.
“Principal” means the monetary value of prop-
erty which has been loaned from one (1) person
to another person.
“Rate” means the monetary value of the con-
sideration received per annum or due per annum,
calculated according to the actuarial method on the
unpaid balance of the principal.
35-45-7-2. Loansharking.
Aperson who, in exchange for the loan on any
property, knowingly or intentionally receives or
contracts to receive from another person any con-
sideration, at a rate greater than two (2) times the
rate specified in IC 24-4.5-3-508(2)(a)(i), commits
loansharking, a Level 6 felony. However, loan-
sharking is a Level 5 felony if force or the threat
of force is used to collect or to attempt to collect
any of the property loaned or any of the consid-
eration for the loan.
35-45-7-3. Application of chapter.
(a) This chapter applies only:
(1) to consumer loans, consumer related
loans, consumer credit sales, consumer
related sales, and consumer leases, as those
terms are defined in IC 24-4.5, subject to
adjustment, where applicable, of the dol-
lar amounts set forth in those definitions
under IC 24-4.5-1-106;
(2) to any loan primarily secured by an
interest in land or sale of an interest in
land that is a mortgage transaction (as
defined in IC 24-4.5-1-301.5) if the trans-
action is otherwise a consumer loan or
consumer credit sale; and
(3) to any other loan transaction or exten-
sion of credit, regardless of the amount of
the principal of the loan or extension of
credit, if unlawful force or the threat of
force is used to collect or to attempt to
collect any of the property loaned or any
of the consideration for the loan or exten-
sion of credit in question.
(b) This chapter applies regardless of whether
