5-19-6
Section 5-19-6 Copies of instruments signed by debtors to be furnished to debtors; required
statement in contracts, etc.; limitation on disclosure requirements; intent, applicability
of limitation. (a) Any creditor, when extending credit with respect to a consumer credit transaction,
other than under an open-end credit plan, shall at that time furnish to the debtor a copy
of each instrument executed by the debtor in connection with the consumer credit transaction.
The consumer credit transaction contract or note shall contain the following statement in
eight point or larger type immediately above the space for the borrower's signature. "CAUTION
- IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU THOROUGHLY READ THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU SIGN IT." (b) No disclosures
are required by this chapter to be made by a creditor with respect to any transaction other
than disclosures required by regulations made by the administrator pursuant to Section 5-19-21
and disclosures required by subsection (a) above and by Sections...
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5-19-20
Section 5-19-20 Insurance. (a) With respect to any consumer credit transaction, the creditor
shall not require any insurance other than insurance against loss of or damage to any property
in which the creditor is given a security interest and insurance insuring the lien of the
creditor on the property which is collateral for the transaction. (b) (1) Credit life and
disability and involuntary unemployment insurance may be offered and, if accepted, may be
provided by the creditor. The charge to the debtor for the insurance shall not exceed the
premium permitted for the coverages. Insurance with respect to any credit transaction shall
not exceed the approximate amount and term of the credit. (2) This subdivision (2) applies
to all consumer credit transactions entered into on or after June 19, 1996. If the consumer
credit transaction is scheduled to be repaid in substantially equal installments which include
a portion of the amount financed, the amount of credit life insurance at any time...
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5-19-1
Section 5-19-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) FINANCE CHARGE.
The sum of all charges, payable directly or indirectly by the person to whom credit is extended,
and imposed directly or indirectly by the creditor as an incident to the extension of credit.
The amount of the finance charge in connection with any credit transaction (i) shall be determined,
and shall include and exclude the fees and charges, as provided by Section 106 of the Federal
Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1605 and the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board
promulgated pursuant to the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, 12 C.F.R. Part 226, and the Official
Staff Commentary adopted by the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to that regulation, and without
limiting or affecting the foregoing subparagraph (i), (ii) shall exclude, without limitation,
late charges and other charges resulting from or...
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5-19-19
Section 5-19-19 Liabilities of creditor making excess finance charge; failure to obtain license;
damages for deliberate violation or reckless disregard; written notice of violations; oral
statements not admissible; fiduciary duty not created. (a)(1)(i) Any creditor charging a finance
charge in excess of the amount authorized herein, except as specified in subdivision (2),
shall forfeit debtor's actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, and shall
refund to the debtor such amount of the actual economic damages, which may be done by reducing
the amount of the debtor's obligation. If the debtor is entitled to a refund and the creditor
refuses to refund within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, after written demand, including
the filing of a legal action, the debtor shall recover a penalty of five times the amount
of the actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, but in any event not less
than one hundred dollars ($100). Provided, however, as to any...
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8-35-2
Section 8-35-2 Security freeze on credit report. (a) A consumer may place a security freeze
on the consumer's credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer
credit reporting agency. No later than August 31, 2012, a consumer credit reporting agency
shall make available to consumers an Internet based method of requesting a security freeze
and a toll-free telephone number for consumers to use to place a security freeze, temporarily
lift a security freeze, or completely remove a security freeze. A security freeze shall prohibit,
subject to exceptions in subsection (m), the consumer credit reporting agency from releasing
the consumer's credit report or credit score without the prior express authorization of the
consumer as provided in subsection (d) or (e). Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a
consumer credit reporting agency from advising a third party that a security freeze is in
effect with respect to the consumer's credit report. (b) A consumer credit...
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5-19-17
Section 5-19-17 Inducing obligation on more than one contract in order to obtain higher finance
charge prohibited; consolidation of existing precomputed consumer credit transaction contract
and subsequent precomputed consumer credit transaction. (a) No creditor shall induce or permit
any person or any husband and wife, jointly or severally, to become obligated directly or
contingently, or both, on more than one consumer credit transaction at the same time for the
purpose of obtaining a higher finance charge than would otherwise be permitted by Section
5-19-3. This subsection shall not apply to the maintenance of two or more separate consumer
credit transactions where the consumer credit transactions were created on different dates.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any seller to evade or attempt to evade this section by inducing
a buyer to become obligated to another creditor in which the initial creditor has a pecuniary
interest or with whom the initial creditor has an arrangement for...
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5-19-4
Section 5-19-4 Additional charges for default or deferral; prepayment; renewal or refinancing;
real property transactions. (a) When a scheduled payment in a consumer credit transaction
is in default 10 days or more, the creditor may charge and collect a late charge not exceeding
the greater of eighteen dollars ($18) or five percent of the amount of the scheduled payment
in default, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). The late charge may be collected only
once on any scheduled payment, regardless of the period during which the scheduled payment
remains in default. (b) With respect to the deferral of one or more wholly unpaid scheduled
payments in a consumer credit transaction, in which the finance charge was determined by the
precomputed method, the creditor may collect, by agreement with the debtor either before or
after default, an additional charge for each full month that any wholly unpaid scheduled payments
are outstanding after the due date of each scheduled payment equal to...
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7-9A-625
Section 7-9A-625 Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with article. (a) Judicial
orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding
in accordance with this article, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or
disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (b) Damages for noncompliance.
Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (f), a person is liable for damages in the amount of
any loss caused by a failure to comply with this article. Loss caused by a failure to comply
may include loss resulting from the debtor's inability to obtain, or increased costs of, alternative
financing. (c) Persons entitled to recover damages; statutory damages in consumer-goods transaction.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-628: (1) a person that, at the time of the failure,
was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral
may recover damages under subsection (b) for its loss;...
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8-20-4
Section 8-20-4 Unfair and deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions,
or conditions of any dealer agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver,
prior to the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of any dealer agreement or franchise,
the following acts or conduct shall constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices: (1) For
any manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, or wholesaler, distributor
branch, or distributor representative to coerce or attempt to coerce any motor vehicle dealer
to do any of the following: a. To accept, buy, or order any motor vehicle or vehicles, appliances,
equipment, parts, or accessories therefor, or any other commodity or commodities or service
or services which such motor vehicle dealer has not voluntarily ordered or requested except
items required by applicable local, state, or federal law; or to require a motor vehicle dealer
to accept, buy, order, or purchase such items in order to...
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5-19-10
Section 5-19-10 Contract provisions for attorney's fees. A contract for a consumer credit transaction
with an original amount financed not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) may not provide
for payment by the debtor of attorney's fees after default by the debtor. A contract for a
consumer credit transaction with an original amount financed exceeding three hundred dollars
($300) may provide for the payment by the debtor of reasonable attorney's fees not exceeding
15 percent of the unpaid debt after default and referral of the contract to an attorney who
is not a salaried employee of the creditor. An open-end credit plan may not provide for attorney's
fees when the unpaid balance does not exceed three hundred dollars ($300), but may provide
for reasonable attorney's fees after default by the debtor when the unpaid balance exceeds
three hundred dollars ($300). In a consumer credit transaction contract where the original
amount financed exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or the...
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