Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 224 of 1966 - Retail Installment Sales Act (445.851 - 445.873)
Section 445.865a - Contracts, Agreements, or Other Transactions Considered Made in State; Offer or Agreement to Sell in State; Acceptance or Offer to Buy in State.

Sec. 15a.
(1) For the purposes of this act, a retail installment contract, retail charge agreement, or other retail installment transaction shall be considered to have been made in this state if either the seller offers or agrees in this state to sell to a buyer who is a resident of this state or the buyer accepts or makes the offer in this state to buy, regardless of the specified situs of the contract or agreement.
(2) An oral or written solicitation or communication to sell originating outside this state, but forwarded to, directed to, and received in this state by a buyer who is a resident of this state shall be considered an offer or agreement to sell in this state.
(3) An oral or written solicitation or communication to buy originating within this state from a buyer who is a resident of this state, but forwarded, directed to, and received by a retail seller outside of this state shall be considered an acceptance or offer to buy in this state.
History: Add. 1977, Act 127, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 445 - Trade and Commerce

Act 224 of 1966 - Retail Installment Sales Act (445.851 - 445.873)

Section 445.851 - Retail Installment Sales Act; Short Title.

Section 445.851a - Truth in Lending Act; Effect of Compliance.

Section 445.852 - Definitions.

Section 445.853 - Retail Installment Contract; Requirements; Size; Notice to Buyer; Delivery of Copy; Nondelivery; Provisions; Contents of Contract; Transaction Involving Vehicle; Terms; Statement That Seller Retains Security Interest.

Section 445.854 - Retail Installment Contracts; Single Document Not Required; Sales Slip, Account Book, Other Written Statements.

Section 445.855 - Transactions Negotiated and Entered Into by Mail or Telephone; Applicable Provisions of Act; Memorandum.

Section 445.856 - Retail Installment Contracts; Blank Space; Filling.

Section 445.857 - Time Price Differential; Limitation; Computation; Minimum Time Price Differential.

Section 445.858 - Prepayment of Unpaid Balance; Amount of Refund Credit.

Section 445.859 - Installment Contract or Retail Charge Agreement; Delinquency and Collection Charge.

Section 445.860 - Retail Installment Contracts; Statement of Dates, Payments and Unpaid Balances; Receipt.

Section 445.861 - Retail Installment Transactions; Subsequent Purchases; Previous Contracts; Inclusion and Consolidation; New Schedule of Installment Payments.

Section 445.862 - Retail Charge Agreement; Delivery of Copy to Buyer; Acknowledgment; Blank Spaces; Statement of Time Price Differential; Notice to Buyer; Periodic Statement; Computation of Time Price Differential; Adjustment of Charges; Attorney's F...

Section 445.862a - Submission of Invoice Evidencing Credit Card Sale.

Section 445.863 - Retail Installment Contracts or Charge Agreements; Insurance Included in Cost; Requirements; Minimum Charges; Refunds.

Section 445.864 - Retail Installment Contracts or Charge Agreements; Prohibited Provisions; Denial of Application Based on Geographic Location of Residence Prohibited; Permissible Conduct; Exemption; Contract for Financial Services Not Required; Offe...

Section 445.865 - Purchase or Acquisition of Retail Installment Contract or Retail Charge Agreement by Assignee; Terms, Conditions, and Price; Evidence of Obligation; Validity of Written Assignment; Notice; Payment to Last Known Holder; Claims and De...

Section 445.865a - Contracts, Agreements, or Other Transactions Considered Made in State; Offer or Agreement to Sell in State; Acceptance or Offer to Buy in State.

Section 445.866 - Waiver of Act as to Buyers' Protection Prohibited.

Section 445.867 - Violation of Act; Misdemeanor.

Section 445.868 - Violation of Act; Effect as to Recovery Rights of Seller.

Section 445.869 - Violation of Act; Actions; Penalties.

Section 445.870 - Violation of Act; Assurance of Discontinuance; Acceptance by Attorney General, Approval of Circuit Court.

Section 445.871 - Violation of Order of Circuit Court; Civil Penalty.

Section 445.871a - Compliance With Federal Truth-in-Lending Act; Violation as Unintentional and Bona Fide Error; Burden of Proof.

Section 445.872 - Effect of Act as to Prior Contracts.

Section 445.873 - Time Price Differential Consisting of Interest on Amount of Unpaid Principal Balance of Contract; Modifications.