Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Retail Installment Contract
Section 345.075. Amount of Refund Credit for Monthly Installment Contract

Sec. 345.075. AMOUNT OF REFUND CREDIT FOR MONTHLY INSTALLMENT CONTRACT. (a) The minimum amount of a refund credit on prepayment of a contract that is payable in substantially equal successive monthly installments beginning one month after the date of the contract is computed by:
(1) subtracting an amount equal to the minimum charge authorized by this chapter for that contract from the original time price differential; and
(2) multiplying the amount computed under Subdivision (1) by the percentage computed by dividing the sum of all of the monthly balances under the contract's schedule of payments into the sum of the unpaid monthly balances under the contract's schedule of payments beginning on:
(A) the first day, after the date of the prepayment or demand for payment in full, that is the date of a month that corresponds to the date of the month that the first installment is due under the contract; or
(B) if the prepayment or demand for payment in full is made before the first installment date under the contract, the next monthly anniversary date of the contract occurring after prepayment or demand.
(b) A refund credit is not required if the amount of the refund credit is less than $1.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Structure Texas Statutes

Texas Statutes

Finance Code

Title 4 - Regulation of Interest, Loans, and Financed Transactions

Subtitle B - Loans and Financed Transactions

Chapter 345 - Retail Installment Sales

Subchapter B. Retail Installment Contract

Section 345.051. Retail Installment Contract General Requirements

Section 345.052. Contents of Contract

Section 345.053. Disclosure of Promise to Compensate for Referral

Section 345.054. Time Price Differential for Contract

Section 345.055. Time Price Differential for Contract Payable in Equal Monthly Payments

Section 345.056. Use of Optional Ceiling

Section 345.057. Time Price Differential for Other Contracts

Section 345.058. Minimum Time Price Differential for Contract

Section 345.059. Principal Balance Computation

Section 345.060. Charges for Default in Payment of Installment

Section 345.061. Charges for Collecting Debt

Section 345.062. Acceleration of Debt Maturity

Section 345.063. Requirements for Contract That Is More Than One Document

Section 345.064. Completion of Contract

Section 345.065. Delivery of Copy of Contract

Section 345.066. Buyer's Right to Rescind Contract

Section 345.067. Buyer's Acknowledgment of Delivery of Contract Copy

Section 345.068. Bailment or Lease as Retail Installment Transaction

Section 345.069. Deferment of Installment

Section 345.070. Amendment of Contract

Section 345.071. Confirmation of Amendment

Section 345.072. Contract After Amendment

Section 345.073. Prepayment of Contract

Section 345.074. Refund Credit on Prepayment

Section 345.075. Amount of Refund Credit for Monthly Installment Contract

Section 345.076. Amount of Refund Credit for Other Contracts

Section 345.077. Reinstatement of Contract

Section 345.078. Consolidation of Contracts

Section 345.079. Allocation of Payments on Consolidation of Contracts

Section 345.080. Obligation Under More Than One Contract

Section 345.081. Certificate of Completion or Satisfaction of Contract

Section 345.082. Statement of Payments and Amount Due Under Contract

Section 345.083. Receipt for Cash Payment

Section 345.084. Debt Cancellation Agreement