Delinquency charges.

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  • (1)
    • (a) The parties to any consumer credit agreement may contract for a delinquency charge on any installment not paid in full by its scheduled due date in an amount not exceeding the greater of:
      • (i) $30; or
      • (ii) 5% of the delinquent unpaid amount of the installment.
    • (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), in a contract, renewed, executed, or modified on or after May 3, 1999, a depository institution as defined in Section 7-1-103 may contract for and collect a delinquency charge on an installment not paid in full by its scheduled due date in excess of the limitation imposed under Subsection (1)(a).
  • (2) This section may not be interpreted to require a creditor to accept a partial payment for an installment.
  • (3)
    • (a) A delinquency charge as authorized by this section may be collected only once on each installment regardless of how long it remains delinquent.
    • (b) A delinquency charge may not be collected if:
      • (i) the installment has been deferred; and
      • (ii) a deferral charge under Section 70C-2-103 has been paid or incurred.
    • (c) A delinquency charge may be collected:
      • (i) at the time it accrues; or
      • (ii) any time after it accrues.




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