North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 25A - Retail Installment Sales Act
§ 25A-33 - Terms of payments.

25A-33. Terms of payments.
A consumer credit installment sale contract shall provide for complete payment of all charges due under the contract, including the amount financed, the finance charge, and additional insurance charges, if any, within a period from the time of the sale of
(1) Forty-two months, if the amount financed is less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or
(2) Sixty-four months, if the amount financed is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or greater, but less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or
(3) One hundred and twenty-two months, if the amount financed is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or greater, but less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or
(4) One hundred and eighty-two months, if the amount financed is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or greater, but less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or
(5) As the contract provides, if the amount financed is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or greater.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a consumer credit installment sale contract executed in connection with any financing which is insured under regulations of the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration. (1971, c. 796, s. 1; 1973, c. 1446, s. 3.)

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.