A creditor may, by written agreement with the buyer, refinance the unpaid balance and may contract for and receive a finance charge based on the amount refinanced. Any rebate due to the buyer pursuant to the provisions of § 54-3A-9 if the buyer was prepaying in full on the date of the refinancing is excluded from the amount to be refinanced. No minimum finance charge, for the purpose of computing this rebate, is allowed to the creditor.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 54-3A-17

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Minimum finance charge: The minimum, or fixed, finance charge that will be imposed during a billing cycle. A minimum finance charge usually applies only when a finance charge is imposed, that is, when you carry over a balance. Source: Federal Reserve
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1974, ch 305, § 13; SL 1975, ch 299, § 5; SL 1982, ch 343, § 4; SL 2015, ch 260, § 6.

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