(1) A lessee who fails to make timely periodic payment or payments has the right to reinstate the original consumer rental-purchase agreement without losing any rights or options previously acquired under the consumer rental-purchase agreement if both of the following apply:

(a) The consumer rental-purchase agreement is not more than sixty days in default.

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 37-2-714

  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

(b) One periodic payment has been missed and the lessee has surrendered the item to the lessor, if requested by the lessor, during the time in which payments were missed.

(2) As a condition precedent to reinstatement of the consumer rental-purchase agreement, a lessor may charge the outstanding balance of any accrued payments and delinquency charges plus delivery charges allowable by § 37-2-706(2) if redelivery of the item is necessary.

(3) If reinstatement occurs pursuant to this section, the lessor shall provide the lessee with either the same item leased by the lessee prior to reinstatement or a substitute item of comparable quality and condition. If a substitute item is provided the lessor shall provide the lessee with all the information required by § 37-2-702.

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