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40-14-232. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 61, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 61, § 2.

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40-14-233. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 61, § 2.

Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 61, § 2.

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40-14-234. Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 61, § 2.

Part 4. Limitations on Agreements and Practices

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40-14-235. Scope; violations of federal Military Lending Act.

(a) This part applies to consumer credit sales and consumer leases. (b) The administrator may seek an appropriate remedy, penalty, action or license revocation or suspension as provided in articles 5 and 6 of this chapter against a person licensed under this act for a violation of 10 U.S.C. § 987 or any rule promulgated that is authorized by that section.

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40-14-236. Use of multiple agreements.

A seller may not use multiple agreements with intent to obtain a higher credit service charge than would otherwise be permitted by this article or to avoid disclosure of an annual percentage rate pursuant to the laws relating to disclosure and advertising. The excess amount of credit service charge provided for in agreements in violation of this section is an excess charge for the purposes of the provisions on the effect of violations on rights of parties (W.S. 40-14-521) and the provisions on civil actions by administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).

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40-14-237. Certain negotiable instruments prohibited.

In a consumer credit sale or consumer lease the seller or lessor may not take a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the buyer or lessee. A holder is not in good faith if he takes a negotiable instrument with notice that it is issued in violation of this section. A holder in due course is not subject to the liabilities set forth in the provisions on the effect of violations on rights of parties (W.S. 40-14-521) and the provisions on civil actions by administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).

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40-14-238. When assignee not subject to defenses.

(a) With respect to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease an agreement by the buyer or lessee not to assert against an assignee a claim or defense arising out of the sale or lease is enforceable only by an assignee not related to the seller or lessor who acquires the buyer's or lessee's contract in good faith and for value, who gives the buyer or lessee notice of the assignment as provided in this section and who, within forty-five (45) days after the mailing of the notice of assignment, receives no written notice of the facts giving rise to the buyer's or lessee's claim or defense. This agreement is enforceable only with respect to claims or defenses which have arisen before the end of the forty-five (45) day period after notice was mailed. The notice of assignment shall be in writing and addressed to the buyer or lessee at his address as stated in the contract, identify the contract, describe the goods or services, state the names of the seller or lessor and buyer or lessee, the name and address of the assignee, the amount payable by the buyer or lessee and the number, amounts and due dates of the installments, and contain a conspicuous notice to the buyer or lessee that he has forty-five (45) days within which to notify the assignee in writing of any complaints, claims or defenses he may have against the seller or lessor and that if written notification of the complaints, claims or defenses is not received by the assignee within the forty-five (45) day period, the assignee will have the right to enforce the contract free of any claims or defenses the buyer or lessee may have against the seller or lessor which have arisen before the end of the forty-five (45) day period after notice was mailed. (b) An assignee does not acquire a buyer's or lessee's contract in good faith within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section if the assignee has knowledge or, from his course of dealing with the seller or lessor or his records, notice of substantial complaints by other buyers or lessees of the seller's or lessor's failure or refusal to perform his contracts with them and of the seller's or lessor's failure to remedy his defaults within a reasonable time after the assignee notifies him of the complaints. (c) To the extent that under this section an assignee is subject to claims or defenses of the buyer or lessee against the seller or lessor, the assignee's liability under this section may not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee and rights of the buyer or lessee under this section can only be asserted as a matter of defense to or setoff against a claim by the assignee.

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40-14-239. Balloon payments.

With respect to a consumer credit sale, other than one pursuant to a revolving charge account, if any scheduled payment is more than twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments, the buyer has the right to refinance the amount of that payment at the time it is due if the seller is still offering that type of credit and the buyer is creditworthy. Credit terms shall be as favorable as those offered to the general public by the seller for the same type of sale at the time a request for refinancing is approved. These provisions do not apply to the extent that the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income of the buyer.

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40-14-240. Restriction on liability in consumer lease.

The obligation of a lessee upon expiration of a consumer lease may not exceed twice the average payment allocable to a monthly period under the lease. This limitation does not apply to charges for damages to the leased property or for other default.

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40-14-241. Security in sales or leases.

(a) With respect to a consumer credit sale, a seller may take a security interest in the property sold. In addition, a seller may take a security interest in goods upon which services are performed or in which goods sold are installed or to which they are annexed, or in land to which the goods are affixed or which is maintained, repaired or improved as a result of the sale of the goods or services, if in the case of a security interest in land the debt secured is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or, in the case of a security interest in goods the debt secured is three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more. Except as provided with respect to cross-collateral (W.S. 40-14-242), a seller may not otherwise take a security interest in property of the buyer to secure the debt arising from a consumer credit sale. (b) With respect to a consumer lease a lessor shall not take a security interest in property of the lessee to secure the debt arising from the lease. This subsection does not apply to a security deposit for a consumer lease. (c) A security interest taken in violation of this section is void.

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40-14-242. Cross-collateral.

(a) In addition to contracting for a security interest pursuant to the provisions on security in sales or leases (W.S. 40-14-241), a seller in a consumer credit sale may secure the debt arising from the sale by contracting for a security interest in other property if as a result of a prior sale the seller has an existing security interest in the other property. The seller may also contract for a security interest in the property sold in the subsequent sale as security for the previous debt. (b) If the seller contracts for a security interest in other property pursuant to this section, the rate of credit service charge thereafter on the aggregate unpaid balances so secured may not exceed that permitted if the balances so secured were consolidated pursuant to the provisions on consolidation involving a refinancing (W.S. 40-14-217(a)(i)). The seller has a reasonable time after so contracting to make any adjustments required by this section. "Seller" in this section does not include an assignee not related to the original seller.

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40-14-243. Debt secured by cross-collateral.

(a) If debts arising from two (2) or more consumer credit sales, other than sales pursuant to a revolving charge account, are secured by cross-collateral (W.S. 40-14-242) or consolidated into one (1) debt payable on a single schedule of payments, and the debt is secured by security interests taken with respect to one (1) or more of the sales, payments received by the seller after the taking of the cross-collateral or the consolidation are deemed, for the purpose of determining the amount of the debt secured by the various security interests, to have been first applied to the payment of the debts arising from the sales first made. To the extent debts are paid according to this section, security interests in items of property terminate as the debts originally incurred with respect to each item are paid. (b) Payments received by the seller upon a revolving charge account are deemed, for the purpose of determining the amount of the debt secured by the various security interests, to have been applied first to the payment of credit service charges in the order of their entry to the account and then to the payment of debts in the order in which the entries to the account showing the debts were made. (c) If the debts consolidated arose from two (2) or more sales made on the same day, payments received by the seller are deemed, for the purpose of determining the amount of the debt secured by the various security interests, to have been applied first to the payment of the smallest debt.

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40-14-244. No assignment of earnings.

(a) A seller or lessor may not take an assignment of earnings of the buyer or lessee for payment or as security for payment of a debt arising out of a consumer credit sale or a consumer lease. An assignment of earnings in violation of this section is unenforceable by the assignee of the earnings and revocable by the buyer or lessee. This section does not prohibit an employee from authorizing deductions from his earnings if the authorization is revocable. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing prohibition, a seller or lessor may take an assignment of commissions or accounts receivable payable to the buyer or lessee for services rendered for payment or as security for payment of a debt arising out of a consumer lease.

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40-14-245. Referral sales.

With respect to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease the seller or lessor may not give or offer to give a rebate or discount or otherwise pay or offer to pay value to the buyer or lessee as an inducement for a sale or lease in consideration of his giving to the seller or lessor the names of prospective purchasers or lessees, or otherwise aiding the seller or lessor in making a sale or lease to another person, if the earning of the rebate, discount or other value is contingent upon the occurrence of an event subsequent to the time the buyer or lessee agrees to buy or lease. If a buyer or lessee is induced by a violation of this section to enter into a consumer credit sale or consumer lease, the agreement is unenforceable by the seller or lessor and the buyer or lessee, at his option, may rescind the agreement or retain the goods delivered and the benefit of any services performed, without any obligation to pay for them.

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40-14-246. Notice of assignment.

The buyer or lessee is authorized to pay the original seller or lessor until the buyer or lessee receives notification of assignment of the rights to payment pursuant to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease and that payment is to be made to the assignee. A notification which does not reasonably identify the rights assigned is ineffective. If requested by the buyer or lessee, the assignee must seasonably furnish reasonable proof that the assignment has been made and unless he does so the buyer or lessee may pay the seller or lessor.

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40-14-247. Attorney's fees.

With respect to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease the agreement may provide for the payment by the buyer or lessee of reasonable attorney's fees after default and referral to an attorney not a salaried employee of the seller, or of the lessor or his assignee. A provision in violation of this section is unenforceable.

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40-14-248. Limitation on default charges.

Except for reasonable expenses incurred in realizing on a security interest, the agreement with respect to a consumer credit sale may not provide for any charges as a result of default by the buyer other than those authorized by this act. A provision in violation of this section is unenforceable.

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40-14-249. Authorization to confess judgment prohibited.

A buyer or lessee may not authorize any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of a consumer credit sale or consumer lease. An authorization in violation of this section is void.

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40-14-250. Change in terms of revolving charge accounts.

(a) If a seller makes a change in the terms of a revolving charge account without complying with this section any additional cost or charge to the buyer resulting from the change is an excess charge and subject to the remedies available to debtors (W.S. 40-14-521) and to the administrator (W.S. 40-14-613). (b) A seller may change the terms of the revolving charge account whether or not the change is authorized by prior agreement. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the seller shall give to the buyer written notice of any change at least three (3) times, with the first notice at least six (6) months before the effective date of the change. (c) The notice specified in subsection (b) of this section is not required if notice of any proposed change in the terms of a revolving charge account is given to the customer at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change or thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the billing cycle within which such change will become effective, whichever is the earlier date, and if: (i) The buyer after receiving notice of the change agrees in writing to the change; (ii) The buyer elects to pay an amount designated on a billing statement as including a new charge for a benefit offered to the buyer when the benefit and charge constitute the change in terms and when the billing statement also states the amount payable if the new charge is excluded; (iii) The change involves no significant cost to the buyer; (iv) The buyer has previously consented in writing to the kind of change made and notice of the change is given to the buyer in two (2) billing cycles prior to the effective date of the change; or (v) The change applies only to purchases made or obligations incurred after a date specified in a notice of the change given in two (2) billing cycles prior to the effective date of the change. (d) The notice provided for in this section is given to the buyer when mailed to him at the address used by the seller for sending periodic billing statements. Part 5. Home Solicitation Sales

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40-14-251. Definition.

(a) "Home solicitation sale" means a consumer credit sale of goods or services with a purchase price of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more written under single or multiple contracts, in which the seller or a person acting for him engages in a personal solicitation of the sale including face-to-face confrontation or telephone solicitation, at a place other than the place of business of the seller and the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase is there given to the seller or a person acting for him. (b) "Home solicitation sale" shall not include: (i) A sale consummated entirely by telephone or mail if initiated by the buyer; (ii) A sale made pursuant to a preexisting revolving charge account; or (iii) A sale made pursuant to prior negotiations between the parties at a business establishment with a fixed location where goods or services are offered or exhibited for sale.

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40-14-252. Buyer's right to cancel.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, in addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with this part. (b) Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase. (c) Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is given when it is deposited in a mailbox properly addressed and postage prepaid. (d) Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale. (e) The buyer may not cancel a home solicitation sale if the buyer requests the seller to provide goods or services without delay because of an emergency, and: (i) The seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of performance of the contract before the buyer gives notice of cancellation; and (ii) In the case of goods, the goods cannot be returned to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer. (f) If a home solicitation sale is also subject to any other provisions on a debtor's right to rescind certain transactions, the buyer may proceed either under those provisions or under this part.

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40-14-253. Form of agreement or offer; statement of

buyer's rights; form of notice of cancellation; compliance by seller. (a) In a home solicitation sale, unless the buyer requests the seller to provide goods or services without delay in an emergency, the seller shall: (i) Present to the buyer and obtain his signature to a written agreement or offer to purchase which: (A) Is in the same language as that principally used in the oral sales presentation; (B) Designates the date on which the buyer actually signs as the date of the transaction; (C) Contains the name and address of the seller; and (D) In immediate proximity to the space reserved for the buyer's signature, contains a statement of the buyer's rights which substantially complies with subsection (b) of this section. (ii) Provide a notice of cancellation form which substantially complies with subsection (c) of this section. (b) The statement of the buyer's rights shall: (i) Appear under the conspicuous caption "Buyer's right to cancel"; (ii) Be printed in boldface type of a minimum size of ten (10) points; and (iii) Read as follows: "You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to 12:00 midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.". (c) The notice of cancellation form shall: (i) Be completed in duplicate; (ii) Appear under the conspicuous caption "Notice of cancellation"; (iii) Be printed in boldface type of a minimum size of ten (10) points; (iv) Be printed in the same language used in the written agreement or offer to purchase; (v) Be attached to the written agreement or offer to purchase and be easily detachable; and (vi) Read as follows: "You may cancel this transaction without any penalty or obligation within three (3) business days from .... (enter date of transaction). If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within ten (10) business days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice. Any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled. If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may if you wish comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk. If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within twenty (20) days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract. To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to .... (name of seller), at .... (address of seller's place of business) not later than 12:00 midnight of .... (date). I hereby cancel this transaction. (Date) (Buyer's signature)" (d) Until the seller has complied with this section, the buyer may cancel the home solicitation sale by notifying the seller of his intention to cancel.

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40-14-254. Restoration of down payment; retention of goods by buyer.

(a) Within ten (10) days after a home solicitation sale has been cancelled or an offer to purchase revoked, the seller shall tender to the buyer any goods traded in, any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness. (b) If the down payment includes goods traded in, the goods must be tendered in substantially as good condition as when received by the seller. If the seller fails to tender the goods as provided by this section, the buyer may elect to recover an amount equal to the trade-in allowance stated in the agreement. (c) Repealed by Laws 1979, ch. 117, § 2. (d) Until the seller has complied with the obligations imposed by this section the buyer may retain possession of goods delivered to him by the seller and has a lien on the goods in his possession or control for any recovery to which he is entitled.

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40-14-255. Duty of buyer; no compensation for services prior to cancellation; noncompliance by buyer.

(a) Except retention of goods by the buyer pursuant to W.S. 40-14-254(d), within a reasonable time after a home solicitation sale has been cancelled or an offer to purchase revoked, the buyer upon demand shall tender to the seller any goods delivered by the seller pursuant to the sale. The buyer is not obligated to tender at any place other than his residence. If the seller fails to demand possession of goods within a reasonable time after cancellation or revocation, the goods become the property of the buyer without obligation to pay. For the purpose of this section, twenty (20) days is presumed to be a reasonable time. (b) The buyer has a duty to take reasonable care of the goods in his possession before cancellation or revocation and for a reasonable time thereafter, during which time the goods are otherwise at the seller's risk. (c) If the seller has performed any services pursuant to a home solicitation sale prior to its cancellation, the seller is entitled to no compensation. (d) If the buyer fails to comply with this section or agrees to return any goods to the seller at the seller's expense and risk and fails to do so, the buyer remains liable for performance of all obligations under the written agreement or offer to purchase. Part 6. Sales Other Than Consumer Credit Sales

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40-14-256. Sales subject to provisions by agreement of parties.

The parties to a sale other than a consumer credit sale may agree in a writing signed by the parties that the sale is subject to the provisions of this act applying to consumer credit sales. If the parties so agree the sale is a consumer credit sale for the purposes of this act.

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40-14-257. Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

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40-14-258. Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

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40-14-259. Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

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40-14-260. Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

Part 7. Sales Financing

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40-14-261. Definitions; prohibited assignments; applicable provisions.

(a) "Sales financing" means being primarily engaged in the business of taking by assignment or providing financing on behalf of sellers or lessors. Assignment under this subsection shall only include non-servicing rights against debtors arising from consumer credit sales or consumer leases which at the time of assignment the buyer or lessee is not in default. (b) "Sales finance company" means a person or organization engaged in the business of sales financing. (c) Unless a person is a supervised financial organization, is licensed under W.S. 40-14-302(b) or has first obtained a license from the administrator, no person shall engage in sales financing. (d) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 86, § 3. Part 1. General Provisions

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40-14-301. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as "Uniform Consumer Credit Code-Loans."

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40-14-302. Scope; license required.

(a) This article applies to consumer loans. (b) Unless a person is a supervised financial organization or has first obtained a license from the administrator, no person shall engage in the business of making consumer loans or taking assignments of non-servicing rights relating to consumer loans that are not in default.

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40-14-303. Definitions.

(a) The following definitions apply to this act and appear in this article as follows: (i) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 116, § 2. (ii) "Consumer loan"-W.S. 40-14-304; (iii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3. (iv) Repealed By Laws 2008, Ch. 116, § 2. (v) "Lender"-W.S. 40-14-307(a); (vi) "Loan"-W.S. 40-14-306; (vii) "Loan finance charge"-W.S. 40-14-309; (viii) "Loan primarily secured by an interest in land" - W.S. 40-14-304(c); (ix) "Precomputed"-W.S. 40-14-307(b); (x) "Principal"-W.S. 40-14-307(c); (xi) "Revolving loan account"-W.S. 40-14-308; (xii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3. (xiii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

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40-14-304. Definition of "consumer loan"; interests in land.

(a) Except with respect to a loan primarily secured by an interest in land, "consumer loan" is a loan made by a person regularly engaged in the business of making loans in which: (i) The debtor is a person other than an organization; (ii) The debt is incurred primarily for a personal, family or household purpose; (iii) Either the debt is payable in installments or a loan finance charge is made; and (iv) The principal does not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00). (b) Repealed by Laws 1981, ch. 147, § 2. (c) "Loan primarily secured by an interest in land" means a loan made for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring ownership of land and appurtenances, including structures affixed to the land, and which is secured by a first mortgage lien. A loan primarily secured by an interest in land is not a consumer loan, except that W.S. 40-14-320, 40-14-323, 40-14-354 and 40-14-520 through 40-14-524 shall apply to loans primarily secured by an interest in land.

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40-14-305. Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.

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40-14-306. Definition of "loan".

(a) "Loan" includes: (i) The creation of debt by the lender's payment of or agreement to pay money to the debtor or to a third party for the account of the debtor; (ii) The creation of debt by a credit to an account with the lender upon which the debtor is entitled to draw immediately; (iii) The creation of debt pursuant to a lender credit card or similar arrangement; and (iv) The forbearance of debt arising from a loan.

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40-14-307. Additional definitions.

(a) Except as otherwise provided, "lender" includes an assignee of the lender's right to payment but use of the term does not in itself impose on an assignee any obligation of the lender with respect to events occurring before the assignment. (b) A loan, refinancing, or consolidation is "precomputed" if the debt is expressed as a sum comprising the principal and the amount of the loan finance charge computed in advance. (c) "Principal" of a loan means the total of: (i) The net amount paid to, receivable by, or paid or payable for the account of the debtor; (ii) The amount of any discount excluded from the loan finance charge (W.S. 40-14-309(b)); and (iii) To the extent that payment is deferred: (A) Amounts actually paid or to be paid by the lender for registration, certificate of title or license fees if not included in paragraph (i) of this subsection; and (B) Additional charges permitted by this article (W.S. 40-14-311).

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40-14-308. Definition of "revolving loan account".

(a) "Revolving loan account" means an arrangement between a lender and a debtor pursuant to which: (i) The lender may permit the debtor to obtain loans from time to time; (ii) The unpaid balances of principal and the loan finance and other appropriate charges are debited to an account; (iii) A loan finance charge if made is not precomputed but is computed on the outstanding unpaid balances of the debtor's account from time to time; and (iv) Either the debtor has the privilege of paying in full or in installments or the lender periodically imposes charges computed on the account for delaying payment and permits the debtor to continue to obtain loans.

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40-14-309. Definition of "loan finance charge".

(a) "Loan finance charge" means the sum of: (i) All charges payable directly or indirectly by the debtor and imposed directly or indirectly by the lender as a condition of or an incident to the extension of credit, including any of the following types of charges which are applicable: interest or any amount payable under a point, discount, or other system of charges, however denominated, premium or other charge for any guarantee or insurance protecting the lender against the debtor's default or other credit loss; and (ii) Charges incurred for investigating the collateral or credit-worthiness of the debtor or for commissions or brokerage for obtaining the credit, irrespective of the person to whom the charges are paid or payable, unless the lender had no notice of the charges when the loan was made. (b) The term does not include charges as a result of default, additional charges (W.S. 40-14-311), delinquency charges (W.S. 40-14-312), deferral charges (W.S. 40-14-313) or reasonable credit application fees whether or not credit is extended. (c) If a lender makes a loan to a debtor by purchasing or satisfying obligations of the debtor pursuant to a lender credit card or similar arrangement, and the purchase or satisfaction is made at less than the face amount of the obligation, the discount is not part of the loan finance charge. Part 2. Maximum Charges

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40-14-310. Consumer loan finance charges.

(a) With respect to a consumer loan and except as provided for pawnbrokers under W.S. 40-14-360(a) and post-dated check cashers under W.S. 40-14-363(a), a lender may contract for and receive a loan finance charge as provided by this section. (b) This section does not limit or restrict the manner of contracting for the loan finance charge, whether by way of add-on, discount, or otherwise, so long as the rate of the loan finance charge does not exceed that permitted by this section. The loan finance charge may be contracted for and earned at the single annual percentage rate that would earn the same finance charge as the graduated rates when the debt is paid according to the agreed terms and the calculations are made according to the actuarial method. If the loan is precomputed: (i) The loan finance charge may be calculated on the assumption that all scheduled payments will be made when due; and (ii) The effect of prepayment is governed by the provisions on rebate upon prepayment (W.S. 40-14-319). (c) For the purposes of this section, the term of a loan commences with the date the loan is made. Differences in the lengths of months are disregarded and a day may be counted as one-thirtieth of a month. Subject to classifications and differentiations the lender may reasonably establish, a part of a month in excess of fifteen (15) days may be treated as a full month if periods of fifteen (15) days or less are disregarded and if that procedure is not consistently used to obtain a greater yield than would otherwise be permitted. (d) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3. (e) Subject to classifications and differentiations the lender may reasonably establish, he may make the same loan finance charge on all amounts financed within a specified range. A loan finance charge so made does not violate subsection (g) of this section if: (i) When applied to the median amount within each range, it does not exceed the maximum permitted by subsection (g) of this section; and (ii) When applied to the lowest amount within each range, it does not produce a rate of loan finance charge exceeding the rate calculated according to paragraph (i) of this subsection by more than eight percent (8%) of the rate calculated according to paragraph (i) of this subsection. (f) Except as provided for pawnbrokers in W.S. 40-14-360(f) and post-dated check cashers in W.S. 40-14-363, a lender may contract for and receive a minimum loan finance charge of not more than thirty dollars ($30.00). (g) A loan finance charge, calculated according to the actuarial method, shall not exceed the equivalent of thirty-six percent (36%) per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the principal that is equal to or less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and shall not exceed the equivalent of twenty-one percent (21%) per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the principal that is greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). (h) If an unpaid balance exists on a consumer loan in a revolving account on the date on which the loan finance charge is applied, the lender may contract for and receive a charge in accordance with this subsection. For accounts with a billing cycle of thirty (30) days or more, the lender may receive a charge not to exceed three dollars ($3.00). For accounts with a billing cycle of less than thirty (30) days, the lender may receive a charge not to exceed the pro rata part of three dollars ($3.00) that bears the same relation to three dollars ($3.00) as the number of days in the billing cycle bears to thirty (30). No charge shall be made under this subsection for an account if the lender has made an annual charge for the same period as permitted by the provisions on additional charges (W.S. 40-14-311(a)(iii)).

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