A. The contract shall contain the names of the seller and the buyer, the place of business of the seller, the residence or place of business of the buyer as specified by the buyer and a description of the motor vehicle including its make, year, model and identification number or marks.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 44-287

  • buyer: means a person who buys a motor vehicle from a retail seller, not for the purpose of resale, and who executes a retail installment contract in connection therewith. See Arizona Laws 44-281
  • Cash sale price: means the price stated in a retail installment contract for which the seller would have sold to the buyer, and the buyer would have bought from the seller, the motor vehicle that is the subject matter of the retail installment contract, if such sale had been a sale for cash instead of a retail installment transaction. See Arizona Laws 44-281
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Motor vehicle: means any self-propelled device in or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway, except:

    (a) Devices that move on or are guided by a track or travel through the air. See Arizona Laws 44-281

  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • seller: means a person who sells a motor vehicle to a retail buyer for purposes other than resale under or subject to a retail installment contract. See Arizona Laws 44-281

B. The contract shall contain the following items:

1. The cash sale price of the motor vehicle.

2. The amount of the buyer’s down payment, and whether made in money or goods, or partly in money and partly in goods.

3. The difference between paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.

4. The amount, if any, included for insurance specifying the term and types of coverage. If the contract does not include liability insurance coverage for bodily injuries and property damage, such fact shall be so set forth in capital letters immediately above the signatures of the parties to the contract.

5. The final cash price balance, which is the sum of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this subsection.

6. The amount of the finance charge and the rate at which it is computed.

7. The time balance, which is the sum of paragraphs 5 and 6 of this subsection, payable in installments by the buyer to the seller, the number of installments, the amount of each installment and the due date or period of each installment.

8. A statement, adjacent to the signature line of the contract, in bold-faced type, setting forth the telephone number and address of the department of insurance and financial institutions and stating that the seller is regulated by the department of insurance and financial institutions and that any complaints concerning the contract may be addressed to the department of insurance and financial institutions.

C. The items set forth in subsection B of this section need not be stated in the sequence or order set forth, and additional items may be included to explain the calculations involved in determining the stated time balance to be paid by the buyer.

D. Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by reference to the amount realized on sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.