As used in KRS § 367.976 to KRS § 367.985, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Advertisement” means a commercial message in any medium that aids, promotes, or assists directly or indirectly a rental-purchase agreement, excluding in-store merchandising aids.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 367.976

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC

(2) “Cash price” means the price at which the lessor would have sold the property to the consumer for cash on the date of the rental-purchase agreement.
(3) “Consumer” means a natural person who rents personal property under a rental- purchase agreement.
(4) “Consummation” means the time a consumer becomes contractually obligated on a rental-purchase agreement.
(5) “Division” means the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney
General.
(6) “Lessor” means a person who, in the ordinary course of business, regularly leases, offers to lease, or arranges for the leasing of property under a rental-purchase agreement.
(7) “Rental-purchase agreement” means an agreement for the use of personal property by a natural person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, for an initial period of four (4) months or less, whether or not there is any obligation beyond the initial period, that is automatically renewable with each payment and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property. The term rental- purchase agreement shall not be construed to be, nor be governed by, any of the following:
(a) A lease or agreement which constitutes a credit sale as defined in 12 C.F.R. part 226.2(a)(16) and Section 1602(g) of the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. secs. 1601 et seq.;
(b) A lease which constitutes a consumer lease as defined in 12 C.F.R. § part
213.2(a)(6);
(c) Any lease for agricultural, business, or commercial purposes; (d) Any lease made to an organization;
(e) A lease or agreement which constitutes a retail installment transaction or retail installment contract as defined in KRS § 371.210;
(f) A security interest as defined in KRS § 355.1-201(37); or
(g) A home solicitation sale as that term is defined in KRS § 367.410.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 196, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 304, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/13/90). This section was created by two separate 1990 Acts which are identical and have therefore been compiled together.