Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:969.22

  • Consumer: means a natural person who enters into a consumer loan or consumer credit sale of a motor vehicle to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:969.6
  • Motor vehicle: means any new or used transportation device, including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, and other vehicles that are operated over the public highways and the streets of this state, but does not include traction engines, boat trailers, road rollers, implements of husbandry, and other agricultural vehicles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 6:969.6

A motor vehicle credit contract may provide for the payment of collection and enforcement attorney fees by the consumer in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the total amount payable under the transaction.

Acts 1999, No. 794, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.