Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.055: RESTRICTIONS ON LATE CHARGES AND REINSTATEMENT FEES.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
- TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES
- SUBTITLE B. RENTAL PRACTICES
- CHAPTER 92. RENTAL-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
- SUBCHAPTER B. FORM AND CONTENT OF AGREEMENTS
(a) Only one late charge or reinstatement fee may be collected on a payment regardless of the period during which the payment remains in default.
(b) A rental-purchase agreement may require the consumer to pay a late charge or reinstatement fee only if:
(1) a periodic payment is delinquent for more than:
(A) seven days, if the payment is due monthly; or
(B) three days, if the payment is due more frequently than monthly; and
(2) the charge or fee is in an amount not less than $5 and not more than the lesser of:
(A) $10; or
(B) 10 percent of the delinquent payment.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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