Unlicensed payday loans | Consumer Alert

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has received a complaint about Clear Loan Solutions. It appears that this entity is operating as a tribal online payday lender. This entity appears to be owned by the Big Lagoon Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian Tribe exercising its sovereign immunity and subject to regulation by the United States Government.

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has received a complaint about Clear Loan Solutions. It appears that this entity is operating as a tribal online payday lender. This entity appears to be owned by the Big Lagoon Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian Tribe exercising its sovereign immunity and subject to regulation by the United States Government.

Clear Loan Solutions is not licensed by the DFI. This entity is not registered to conduct business in Washington State by the Department of Licensing, the Department of Revenue, or the Secretary of State.

Washington residents are advised that state law provides in RCW 31.45.105(1)(d) and (3) that a small loan made by an unlicensed entity to a person physically located in Washington is uncollectible and unenforceable in Washington State.

Clear Loan Solutions operates a website and lists its phone number as 888-680-5709. The address associated with Clear Loan Solutions is:

Clear Loan Solutions
271 Lynda Lane
Trinidad, California 95570

If you have a complaint against Clear Loan Solutions, you can mail it to:

Big Lagoon Rancheria Regulatory Authority
Attention: Mr. David Neyra
PO Box 3060
Trinidad, CA 95570