North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 25A - Retail Installment Sales Act
§ 25A-29 - Default charges.

25A-29. Default charges.
(a) If any installment is past due for 10 days or more according to the original terms of the consumer credit installment sale contract, a default charge may be made in an amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00). A default charge may be imposed only one time for each default.
(b) If a default charge is deducted from a payment made on the contract and the deduction results in a subsequent default on a subsequent payment, no default charge may be imposed for the default.
(c) If a default charge has been once imposed with respect to a particular default in payment, no default charge shall be imposed with respect to any future payments which would not have been in default except for the previous default.
(d) A default charge for any particular default shall be deemed to have been waived by the seller unless, within 45 days following the default, (i) the charge is collected or (ii) written notice of the charge is sent to the buyer. (1971, c. 796, s. 1; 2017-45, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 25A - Retail Installment Sales Act

§ 25A-1 - Scope of act.

§ 25A-2 - "Consumer credit sale" defined.

§ 25A-3 - "Payable in installments" defined.

§ 25A-4 - "Goods" defined.

§ 25A-5 - "Services" defined.

§ 25A-6 - "Seller" defined.

§ 25A-7 - "Cash price" defined.

§ 25A-8 - "Finance charge" defined.

§ 25A-9 - "Amount financed" defined.

§ 25A-10 - "Official fees" defined.

§ 25A-11 - "Revolving charge account contract" defined.

§ 25A-12 - "Consumer credit installment sale contract" defined.

§ 25A-13 - "Consumer Credit Protection Act" defined.

§ 25A-14 - Finance charge rates and service charge for revolving charge account contracts.

§ 25A-15 - Finance charge rates for consumer credit installment sale contracts.

§ 25A-16 - Transfer of equity.

§ 25A-17 - Additional charges for insurance.

§ 25A-18 - Confession of judgment.

§ 25A-19 - Acceleration.

§ 25A-20 - Disclaimer of warranty.

§ 25A-21 - Attorneys' fees.

§ 25A-22 - Receipts for payments; return of title documents upon full payment.

§ 25A-23 - Collateral taken by the seller.

§ 25A-24 - Identification of instruments of indebtedness.

§ 25A-25 - Preservation of consumers' claims and defenses.

§ 25A-26 - Substitution of collateral.

§ 25A-27 - Application of payments.

§ 25A-28 - Form of consumer credit installment sale contract.

§ 25A-29 - Default charges.

§ 25A-30 - Deferral charges.

§ 25A-31 - Consolidation and refinancing.

§ 25A-32 - Rebates on prepayment.

§ 25A-32.1 - Unearned finance charge credits on prepayment of loans secured by real property and mobile home loans.

§ 25A-33 - Terms of payments.

§ 25A-34 - Balloon payments.

§ 25A-35 - Statement of account.

§ 25A-36 - Certificates of insurance and rebates.

§ 25A-37 - Referral sales.

§ 25A-38 - "Home-solicitation sale" defined.

§ 25A-39 - Buyer's right to cancel.

§ 25A-40 - Form of agreement or offer; statement of buyer's rights.

§ 25A-41 - Restoration of down payment; retention of goods.

§ 25A-42 - Duties as to care and return of goods; no compensation for services prior to cancellation.

§ 25A-43 - Unconscionability.

§ 25A-44 - Remedies and penalties.

§ 25A-45 - Conflict with Consumer Credit Protection Act.