---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1667e"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1667e"
heading: "Applicability of State laws; exemptions by Bureau from leasing requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1667e"
units:
  - "Chapter 41 — Consumer Credit Protection"
  - "Subchapter I — Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure"
  - "Part E — Consumer Leases"
---

# §1667e. Applicability of State laws; exemptions by Bureau from leasing requirements

- (a) This part does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any [person](/usc/15/1602.md?p=e) subject to the provisions of this part from complying with, the laws of any [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) with respect to [consumer leases](/usc/15/1667.md?p=1), except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision of this part, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. The [Bureau](/usc/15/1602.md?p=b) is authorized to determine whether such inconsistencies exist. The [Bureau](/usc/15/1602.md?p=b) may not determine that any [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) law is inconsistent with any provision of this part if the [Bureau](/usc/15/1602.md?p=b) determines that such law gives greater protection and benefit to the [consumer](/usc/15/1681a.md?p=c).
- (b) The [Bureau](/usc/15/1602.md?p=b) shall by regulation exempt from the requirements of this part any class of lease transactions within any [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) if it determines that under the law of that [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) that class of transactions is subject to requirements substantially similar to those imposed under this part or that such law gives greater protection and benefit to the [consumer](/usc/15/1681a.md?p=c), and that there is adequate provision for enforcement.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 186, as added Pub. L. 94–240, § 3, Mar. 23, 1976, 90 Stat. 260; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100A(2), (10), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2107, 2109.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–203, § 1100A(2), (10), substituted “Bureau” for “Board”, “the Bureau” for “the Board”, and “The Bureau” for “The Board” wherever appearing.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.