Sec. 1. (a) This article applies to a rental purchase agreement if:

(1) the rental purchase agreement is entered into in Indiana;

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(2) the lessee is a resident of Indiana at the time a lessor offering the rental purchase agreement solicits the rental purchase agreement or a modification of the rental purchase agreement by any mode of communication; or

(3) the lessee is a resident of Indiana at the time the lessor offering a rental purchase agreement receives either a signed writing evidencing the creation or modification of a rental purchase agreement or a written offer from the lessee to enter into or modify a rental purchase agreement.

     (b) For the purposes of this article, the residence of a lessee is the address given by the lessee as the lessee’s residence in any writing signed by the lessee in connection with a rental purchase agreement. Until the lessee notifies the lessor of a new or different residence address, the given residence address is presumed to be unchanged.

As added by P.L.254-1987, SEC.1.