75-17-15 - Small Loan Regulatory Law and Small Loan Privilege Tax Law Licensees; default charge; application of payments. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-17-15. Small Loan Regulatory Law and Small Loan Privilege Tax Law Licensees; default charge; application of payments.
 

Any licensee under the provisions of the Small Loan Regulatory Law (Section 75-67-101 et seq.), and the Small Loan Privilege Tax Law (Section 75-67-201 et seq.), may contract for and receive a default charge not to exceed five percent (5%) of that portion of an installment which continues unpaid for ten (10) days or more following the date such payment is due, including Sundays and holidays. In no case shall such default charge exceed five dollars ($5.00). Such default charge shall not be collected more than once on the same installment. For the purpose of this section, payments shall be applied first to current installments and then to delinquent installments. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1974, ch. 564, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1974.