---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch42"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 42"
heading: "Extortionate Credit Transactions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch42"
sections_count: 6
---

# Chapter 42 — Extortionate Credit Transactions

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§891. Definitions and rules of construction](/usc/18/891.md)
- [§892. Making extortionate extensions of credit](/usc/18/892.md)
- [§893. Financing extortionate extensions of credit](/usc/18/893.md)
- [§894. Collection of extensions of credit by extortionate means](/usc/18/894.md)
- [§895. Repealed.](/usc/18/895.md)
- [§896. Effect on State laws](/usc/18/896.md)