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La. R.S. 9:3359

Renegotiations and extensions

Known as the Louisiana Rental-Purchase Agreement Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (12 sections).

Acts 1991, No. 204, §1, eff

A. A renegotiation shall occur when an existing rental-purchase agreement is satisfied and replaced by a new agreement undertaken by the same lessor and consumer. A renegotiation shall be considered a new agreement requiring new disclosures. However, events such as the following shall not be treated as renegotiations:

(1) The addition or return of property in a multiple-item agreement or the substitution of the rented property, if in either case the average payment allocable to a payment period is not changed by more than twenty-five months.

(2) A deferral or extension of one or more periodic payments, or portions of a periodic payment.

(3) A reduction in charges in the rental-purchase agreement.

(4) A rental-purchase agreement involved in a court proceeding.

B. No disclosures shall be required for any extension of a rental-purchase agreement.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.