District of Columbia Code
Chapter 36B - Lease-Purchase Agreements
§ 42–3671.09. Renegotiations and extension

(a) Renegotiation shall occur when an existing lease-purchase agreement is satisfied and replaced by a new agreement undertaken by the same lessor and consumer. A renegotiation shall be considered a new agreement requiring new disclosures; provided, that renegotiation shall not include events of the following nature:
(1) The addition or return of property in a multiple-item agreement or the substitution of the lease property if the average payment allocable to the payment period is not changed by more than 25%;
(2) A deferral or extension of one or more periodic payments, or portions of a periodic payment;
(3) A reduction in charges in the lease or agreement; or
(4) A lease agreement involved in a court proceeding.
(b) No disclosures shall be required for an extension of a lease-purchase agreement.
(Apr. 13, 2002, D.C. Law 14-99, § 10, 49 DCR 1000.)

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