Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2251 – Deceptive advertising prohibited
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No licensee shall advertise, market the availability of, or otherwise seek to induce any natural person to apply for, or enter into an obligation concerning, a title loan in any manner that violates either subchapter II (Consumer Fraud) or subchapter III (Deceptive Trade Practices) of Chapter 25 of Title 6. Further, no licensee shall advertise a title loan interest rate that is lower for an initial period, if that interest rate increases during any rollover.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2251
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership or any other business entity or group or combination of individuals however organized. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2201
- Rollover: means the extension of an outstanding and unpaid indebtedness beyond the originally stated repayment period. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2250
- Title loan: means a loan made to one or more natural persons by a licensee and secured by the title to a motor vehicle, which loan is not used for the purpose of purchasing the vehicle that is used as security and which loan has an originally stated repayment period of 180 days or less. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2250