15-8-2. Purpose -- Rules of construction.

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(1)This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(2)The underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:

(a)define, simplify, and clarify the law governing consumer rental purchase agreements;

(b)provide certain disclosures to consumers who enter into consumer rental purchase agreements, and further consumer understanding of the terms of consumer rental purchase agreements;

(c)protect consumers against unfair practices;

(d)permit and encourage the development of fair and economically sound rental purchase practices; and

(e)make the law on consumer rental purchase agreements, including administrative rules, more uniform among the various consumer credit code jurisdictions.

Enacted by Chapter 251 , 1993 General Session