Mississippi Code
General Provisions
§ 75-17-15. Small Loan Regulatory Law and Small Loan Privilege Tax Law Licensees; default charge; application of payments

Any licensee under the provisions of the Small Loan Regulatory Law (Section 75-67-101 et seq.), and the Small Loan Privilege Tax Law (Section 75-67-201 et seq.), may contract for and receive a default charge not to exceed five percent (5%) of that portion of an installment which continues unpaid for ten (10) days or more following the date such payment is due, including Sundays and holidays. In no case shall such default charge exceed five dollars ($5.00). Such default charge shall not be collected more than once on the same installment. For the purpose of this section, payments shall be applied first to current installments and then to delinquent installments.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Chapter 17 - Interest, Finance Charges, and Other Charges

General Provisions

§ 75-17-3. Evasion of six percent interest law; interest forfeited if higher rate secretly exacted

§ 75-17-5. Discount, interest, bank issues

§ 75-17-7. Interest on judgments and decrees

§ 75-17-9. Partial payments applied

§ 75-17-11. Rate of interest, amount of finance charge or rate of finance charge where specified to be paid at period of less than one year; payment earlier than final maturity; computation of interest upon prepayment of note; usurious rates; notes c...

§ 75-17-13. Liability for issuance of unsolicited credit cards; penalty for collection of excessive finance charge

§ 75-17-15. Small Loan Regulatory Law and Small Loan Privilege Tax Law Licensees; default charge; application of payments

§ 75-17-17. Law governing loans made or credit extended prior to July 1, 1974

§ 75-17-21. Maximum finance charges by licensees under Small Loan Regulatory Law and Small Loan Privilege Tax Law; lender option to use rates under this section or Section 75-67-181

§ 75-17-23. Maximum finance charges in connection with sales of factory manufactured moveable homes

§ 75-17-25. Meaning of "finance charge"; exclusion of prepayment penalties and default charges; effect of excessive finance charge

§ 75-17-27. Late payment charges

§ 75-17-29. Prohibition against use of multiple agreements to obtain excessive finance charge

§ 75-17-31. Limitations on prepayment penalties with respect to loans for certain real estate

§ 75-17-33. Announcement of discount rates and indices by Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance; recording of maximum finance charge rates

§ 75-17-35. Computation of interest on refunds of excess rates by public utilities