style=”font-size: 10pt”>   Sec. 602. (1) A “consumer related sale” is a sale of goods, services, or an interest in land in which:

(a) credit is granted by a person that is not regularly engaged as a seller in credit transactions of the same kind;

(b) the buyer is a person other than an organization;

(c) the goods, services, or interest in land are purchased primarily for a personal, family, or household purpose;

(d) either the debt is payable in installments or a credit service charge is made; and

(e) with respect to a sale of goods or services:

(i) either the amount of credit extended, the written credit limit, or the initial advance does not exceed the exempt threshold amount, as adjusted in accordance with the annual adjustment of the exempt threshold amount, specified in Regulation Z (12 C.F.R. § 226.3 or 12 C.F.R. § 1026.3(b), as applicable); or

(ii) the debt is secured by personal property used or expected to be used as the principal dwelling of the buyer.

   (2) With respect to a consumer related sale not made pursuant to a revolving charge account, the parties may contract for an amount comprising the amount financed and a credit service charge not in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) per year calculated according to the actuarial method on the unpaid balances of the amount financed.

   (3) With respect to a consumer related sale made pursuant to a revolving charge account, the parties may contract for a credit service charge not in excess of that permitted by the provisions on credit service charge for revolving charge accounts (IC 24-4.5-2-201(6)).

   (4) A person engaged in consumer related sales is not required to comply with IC 24-4.5-6-201 through IC 24-4.5-6-203.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.366, SEC.3. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.219, SEC.3; Acts 1982, P.L.149, SEC.3; P.L.5-1988, SEC.130; P.L.122-1994, SEC.15; P.L.27-2012, SEC.17; P.L.216-2013, SEC.9; P.L.137-2014, SEC.9; P.L.73-2016, SEC.9; P.L.85-2020, SEC.9.