Michigan Laws 492.122 – Installment sale contract; payments
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 492.122
- 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
- Time balance: means the sum of the principal amount financed and the finance charge. See Michigan Laws 492.102
An installment sale contract may provide for a series of weekly, semi-monthly or monthly payments in substantially equal periods and amounts, followed by a single larger payment of the unpaid time balance, in which event the installment buyer shall have the right to an option, at the time such larger payment shall become due, to make such payment or to enter into a second contract, which contract shall conform to all the provisions of this act except that the refinance charge provided for in such second contract shall not exceed the finance charge rate provided for in the first contract.