§14A-3-210. Revolving charge accounts.
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(1)Except as provided in subsection (2), upon prepayment in full of the unpaid balance of a precomputed consumer loan, refinancing, or consolidation, an amount not less than the unearned portion of the loan finance charge calculated according to this section shall be rebated to the debtor. If the rebate otherwise required is less than One Dollar ($1.00), no rebate need be made.
(2)Upon prepayment in full of a consumer loan other than one pursuant to a revolving loan account, a refinancing, or consolidation, whether or not precomputed, the lender may collect or retain a minimum charge within the limits stated in this subsection if the loan finance charge earned at the time of prepayment is less than any minimum charge contracted for. The minimum charge may not exceed the amount of loan finance charge contracted for, or Five Dollars ($5.00) in a transaction which had a principal of Seventy- five Dollars ($75.00) or less, or Seven Dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) in a transaction which had a principal of more than Seventy- five Dollars ($75.00).
(3)Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to a loan primarily secured by an interest in land, the unearned portion of the loan finance charge
(a)in a consumer loan payable according to its original
terms in more than sixty-one
(61)months shall be
determined
(i)by applying, according to the actuarial
method, the disclosed annual percentage rate to the
actual unpaid balances of the amount financed for the
actual time that the unpaid balances were outstanding
as of the date of prepayment, giving effect to each
payment, to determine the unearned portion of the loan
finance charge, and
(ii)subtracting that earned
portion from the loan finance charge to determine the
unearned portion of the loan finance charge, or
(b)in a consumer loan payable according to its original
terms in sixty-one
(61)months or less, is a fraction
of the loan finance charge of which the numerator is
the sum of the periodic balances scheduled to follow
the computational period in which prepayment occurs,
and the denominator is the sum of all periodic
balances under either the loan agreement or, if the
balance owing resulted from a refinancing (Section 3-
205) or a consolidation (Section 3-206), under the
refinancing agreement or consolidation agreement. In
the case of a loan primarily secured by an interest in
land, reasonable sums actually paid or payable to
persons not related to the lender for customary
closing costs included in the loan finance charge are
deducted from the loan finance charge before the
calculation prescribed by this subsection is made.
(4)In this section:
(a)"periodic balance" means the amount scheduled to be
outstanding on the last day of a computational period
before deducting the payment, if any, scheduled to be
made on that day;
(b)"computational period" means one
(1)month if one-half
(1/2) or more of the intervals between scheduled
payments under the agreement is one
(1)month or more,
and otherwise means one
(1)week;
(c)the "interval" to the due date of the first scheduled
installment or the final scheduled payment date is
measured from the date of a loan, refinancing, or
consolidation, and includes either the first or last
day of the interval; and
(d)if the interval to the due date of the first scheduled
installment does not exceed one
(1)month by more than
fifteen
(15)days when the computational period is one
(1)month, or eleven
(11)days when the computational
period is one
(1)week, the interval shall be
considered as one computational period.
(5)This subsection applies only if the schedule of payments is not regular.
(a)If the computational period is one
(1)month and
(i)if the number of days in the interval to the due
date of the first scheduled installment is less
than one
(1)month by more than five
(5)days, or
more than one
(1)month by more than five
(5)but
not more than fifteen
(15)days, the unearned
loan finance charge shall be increased by an
adjustment for each day by which the interval is
less than one
(1)month and, at the option of the
lender, may be reduced by an adjustment for each
day by which the interval is more than one
month; the adjustment for each day shall be one-
thirtieth (1/30) of that part of the loan finance
charge earned in the computational period prior
to the due date of the first scheduled
installment assuming that period to be one
month; and
(ii)if the interval to the final scheduled payment date is
a number of computational periods plus an
additional number of days less than a full month,
the additional number of days shall be considered
a computational period only if sixteen
(16)days
or more. This subparagraph applies whether or
not subparagraph
(i)applies. (b)Notwithstanding
paragraph (a), if the computational period is one
(1)month, the number of days in the interval to
the due date of the first installment exceeds one
(1)month by not more than fifteen
(15)days, and
the schedule of payments is otherwise regular,
the lender may, at his option, exclude the extra
days and the charge for the extra days in
computing the unearned loan finance charge; but
if he does so and a rebate is required before the
due date of the first scheduled installment, he
shall compute the earned charge for each elapsed
day as one-thirtieth (1/30) of the amount the
earned charge would have been if the first
interval had been one
(1)month.
(c)If the computational period is one
(1)week and
(i)if the number of days in the interval to the due
date of the first scheduled installment is less
than five
(5)days, or more than nine
(9)days
but not more than eleven
(11)days, the unearned
loan finance charge shall be increased by an
adjustment for each day by which the interval is
less than seven
(7)days and, at the option of
the lender, may be reduced by an adjustment for
each day by which the interval is more than seven
(7)days; the adjustment for each day shall be
one-seventh (1/7) of that part of the loan
finance charge earned in the computational period
prior to the due date of the first scheduled
installment assuming that period to be one
week; and
(ii)if the interval to the final scheduled payment
date is a number of computational periods plus an
additional number of days less than a full week,
the additional number of days shall be considered
a computational period only if four
(4)days or
more. This subparagraph applies whether or not
subparagraph
(i)applies.
(6)If a deferral (Section 3-204) has been agreed to, the unearned portion of the loan finance charge shall be computed without regard to the deferral. The amount of deferral charge earned at the date of prepayment shall also be calculated. If the deferral charge earned is less than the deferral charge paid, the difference shall be added to the unearned portion of the loan finance charge. If any part of a deferral charge has been earned but has not been paid, that part shall be subtracted from the unearned portion of the loan finance charge, or shall be added to the unpaid balance.
(7)This section does not preclude the collection or retention by the lender of delinquency charges (Section 3-203).
(8)If the maturity is accelerated for any reason and judgment is obtained, the debtor is entitled to the same rebate as if the payment had been made on the date judgment is entered.
(9)Upon prepayment in full of a consumer loan by the proceeds of consumer credit insurance (Section 4-103), the debtor or his estate is entitled to the same rebate as though the debtor had prepaid the agreement on the date the proceeds of the insurance are paid to the lender. Added by Laws 1969, c. 352, § 3-210, eff. July 1, 1969. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 282, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.