PART III. PREPAYMENT OF CONSUMER CREDIT
TRANSACTIONS
§3531. Right to prepay
A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of a consumer credit transaction, the consumer may prepay in full the unpaid balance at any time. An extender of credit may within its discretion accept the amount tendered by the consumer to be a prepayment in full of a simple interest loan if the amount tendered is within one dollar, or to the extent provided by federal law, more or less, of the amount actually owed. Under such circumstances, the extender of credit may retain any excess amount tendered by the consumer provided that the amount tendered does not exceed the amount actually owed by more than one dollar, or to the extent provided by federal law.
B.(1) The extender of credit shall provide the consumer, within five days of the date a written request is received from the consumer, with the amount necessary to prepay the account in full; and if the amount disclosed includes an amount which is required to be refunded under this Section with respect to such prepayment, the amount of such refund.
(2) A consumer shall be entitled to receive one such disclosure of information statement each year without charge. Thereafter, the extender of credit may impose a reasonable fee to cover the cost of providing an additional disclosure statement; however, the charge imposed must be disclosed to the consumer before furnishing such disclosure statement.
Acts 1991, No. 697, §1; Acts 1997, No. 237, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1315, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
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