|
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-4.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-20.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-19.htm - 7K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-1.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
5-19-33
Section 5-19-33 Account maintenance fee. (a) In addition to other lawful charges permitted
under various state or federal laws, except under open-end credit plans, a creditor may, if
provided in the contract, charge an account maintenance fee of not more than three dollars
($3) for each month of the scheduled period of repayment of the credit transaction. The account
maintenance fee shall be determined at the date of the credit transaction and may be charged
in full at that time. The account maintenance fee as so determined shall not bear interest
and shall constitute a part of the finance charge. In the event of the renewal, refinance,
or payment in full of the credit transaction, the debtor shall be entitled to a refund or
credit of any unearned portion of the account maintenance fee under subsection (c) of Section
5-19-4, as of the date of such renewal, refinancing, or payment in full. (b) This section
shall not repeal, amend, modify, or diminish any right or power to charge and...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-33.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
5-19-3
Section 5-19-3 Maximum finance charges; contracting for minimum finance charge; alternate per
month computed finance charge. (a) Except under open-end credit plans, the maximum finance
charge for any credit transaction where the original amount financed is less than two thousand
dollars ($2,000), may equal but may not exceed the total of the following: (1) Fifteen dollars
($15) per one hundred dollars ($100) per year for the first seven hundred fifty dollars ($750)
of the original amount financed; and (2) Ten dollars ($10) per one hundred dollars ($100)
per year for that portion of the original amount financed exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars
($750) and less than two thousand dollars ($2,000). The maximum finance charge under this
subsection shall be determined by computing the maximum rates authorized by this subsection
on the original amount financed for the full term of the contract without regard to scheduled
payments and the maximum finance charge so determined, or any lesser...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-19-3.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
27-40-9
Section 27-40-9 Service charges; prepayment of obligation. (a) For the purpose of this section,
"consumer insurance premium finance agreement" means an insurance premium finance
agreement as defined in Section 27-40-1 wherein the insurance contracts which are the subject
of the premium finance agreement are for personal, family, or household purposes or where
the premiums for those agreements are two thousand dollars ($2,000) or less. For the purpose
of this section, "commercial premium finance agreement" means any insurance premium
finance agreement other than a consumer premium finance agreement. (b) A premium finance company
shall not charge, contract for, receive, or collect a service charge other than in accordance
with the following provisions: (1) The service charge is to be computed on the balance of
the premium due, after subtracting the down payment made by the insured in accordance with
the premium finance agreement, from the effective date of the insurance for which the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/27-40-9.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
5-18-15
Section 5-18-15 Interest rates, charges, and fees. (a) Maximum rates of interest and charge.
Every licensee under this chapter may contract for and receive as interest on any loan of
money less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) an amount at a rate not exceeding
three percent a month on that part of the unpaid principal balance not in excess of two hundred
dollars ($200), and two percent a month on that part of the unpaid principal balance in excess
of two hundred dollars ($200) but less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). (b)
Account maintenance fee. In addition to the maximum rate of interest and charges pursuant
to subsection (a), a licensee may enter into a contract of loan under this chapter in which
the borrower agrees to pay an account maintenance fee of not more than three dollars ($3)
for each month of the scheduled period of repayment of the loan provided that the scheduled
monthly payments are equal to or greater than thirty dollars ($30). Such...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/5-18-15.htm - 13K - Match Info - Similar pages
7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this
article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods
in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/7-9A-102.htm - 29K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/8-35-2.htm - 12K - Match Info - Similar pages
|