Revolving loan credit card accounts - Additional charges.

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With respect to a consumer revolving loan account accessed by a lender credit card or similar arrangement, the lender may contract for and receive the following charges, in addition to those set forth in Section 3-202 of this title:

  • (a)A delinquency charge with respect to any payment due in connection with a billing cycle under the account, to be payable if the payment is not made within ten (10) days after its due date. No more than one delinquency charge may be imposed in each billing cycle and it may be collected at any time after it accrues either independently of any payment made on the account or from a payment made if the lender discloses delinquency charges to the debtor as they are imposed and informs the debtor of the full amount that the debtor must pay for the applicable period in order to remain current on the account;
  • (b)An over-limit charge for each time the debtor exceeds the designated credit limit on the account; and
  • (c)A returned item charge for each return by a bank or other depository institution of a dishonored check, negotiable order of withdrawal or share draft issued by the debtor in connection with the account.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 352, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 217, § 7, eff. July 1, 2000.


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