Michigan Laws 492.113a – Installment sale transaction; certain payments by seller on behalf of buyer
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 492.113a
- buyer: means a person that buys, hires, or leases a motor vehicle for personal, family, or household use, and not for commercial, business, or agricultural use, under an installment sale contract or a legal successor in interest to that person. See Michigan Laws 492.102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- contract: means an agreement for the retail sale of a motor vehicle, or that has a similar purpose or effect, under which part or all of the price is payable in 2 or more scheduled payments subsequent to the making of the agreement or under which the obligor undertakes to make 2 or more scheduled payments or deposits that can be used to pay part or all of the purchase price, whether or not the seller has retained a security interest in the motor vehicle or has taken collateral security for the buyer's obligation, and any extension, deferment, renewal, or other revision of that agreement. See Michigan Laws 492.102
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled device by which a person or property may be transported upon a public highway or, subject to subparagraph (iv), a recreational vehicle. See Michigan Laws 492.102
- seller: means a person engaged in the business of selling, offering for sale, hiring, or leasing motor vehicles under installment sale contracts or a legal successor in interest to that person. See Michigan Laws 492.102
(1) A seller in an installment sale transaction may pay on behalf of the buyer and agree to finance in the installment sale contract all or part of the balance of any indebtedness secured by a motor vehicle that the seller takes in trade in the installment sale transaction or all or any part of the balance owed under a lease of a motor vehicle that is terminated in connection with the installment sale transaction.
(2) If subsection (1) applies in an installment sale transaction, then the other necessary or incidental costs included in the installment sale contract under section 13(2)(e) shall include the amount the seller agreed to finance under subsection (1).