Section 422.205. Finance charge on refinancing.

 

(1)  With respect to a consumer credit transaction other than one pursuant to an open-end credit plan, the merchant may by agreement with the customer refinance the unpaid balance and may bargain for and receive a finance charge based on the amount financed resulting from the refinancing at a rate not exceeding that permitted in s. 422.201 .

(2)  For the purpose of determining the finance charge permitted in refinancing, the amount financed resulting from the refinancing shall constitute the total of the following:

(a) The amount which the customer would have been required to pay upon prepayment pursuant to the provisions on rebate upon prepayment under s. 422.209 on the date of refinancing, except that for the purpose of computing this amount no minimum finance charge under s. 422.201 (9) shall be allowed; and

(b) Appropriate additional charges under s. 422.202 , included for the period of refinancing.

(3)  The maximum period for payments resulting from refinancing under this section shall not exceed the periods provided in s. 422.403 commencing with the date of refinancing, but the outstanding balances for the purposes of that section shall be based on the amount financed resulting from such refinancing.

(4)  A violation of this section is subject to s. 425.304 .

1971 c. 239 ; 1979 c. 10 s. 24 .