(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), 'consumer credit sale' is a sale of goods, services, or an interest in land in which: (a) credit is granted by a person who regularly engages as a seller in credit transactions of the same kind; (b) the buyer is a person other than an organization; (c) the goods, services, or interest in land are purchased primarily for a personal, family or household purpose; (d) either the debt is payable in installments or a credit service charge is made; and (e) with respect to a sale of goods or services, the amount financed does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) Unless the sale is made subject to this title by agreement (Section 37-2-601), 'consumer credit sale' does not include: (a) a sale in which a seller allows the buyer to purchase goods or services pursuant to a lender credit card or similar arrangement, or (b) a sale of an interest in land if the debt is secured by a first lien or equivalent security interest in real estate. Credit sales excluded from the definition of a consumer credit sale pursuant to this subsection are subject to the following provisions of this title: civil liability for violation of disclosure (Section it sales excluded from the definition of a consumer credit sale pursuant to this subsection are subject to the following provisions of this title: civil liability for violation of disclosure (Section 37-5-203) and voluntary complaint resolution (Section 37-6-117); and in credit sales excluded pursuant to item (b) limitations on selection of a closing attorney and insurance agent (Section 37-10-102(a)) and notice of assumption rights (Section 37-10-102(c)). (3) In the case of a consumer credit sale pursuant to a seller credit card the person engaged in making such credit sale is the card issuer and not another person honoring such credit card. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 8-800.144; 1974 (58) 2879; 1976 Act No. 686 Section 62; 1982 Act No. 385, Section 10; 1984 Act No. 355, Section 3.
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