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WY Stat § 40-14-339 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-339 - Change in Terms of Revolving Loan Accounts.

40-14-339. Change in terms of revolving loan accounts.| (a) If a lender makes a change in the terms of a revolving loan account without complying with this section any additional cost or charge to the debtor resulting from the change is an excess charge and subject to the remedies available to debtors (W.S. 40-14-521) and to the administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).  (b) A lender may change the terms of a revolving loan account whether or not the change is authorized by prior agreement. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the lender shall give to the debtor written notice of any change at least three (3) times, with the first notice at least six (6) months before the effective date of the change.  (c) The notice specified in subsection (b) of this section is not required if notice of any proposed change in the terms of a revolving loan account is given to the customer at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change or thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of the billing cycle within which such change will become effective, whichever is the earlier date, and if:  (i) The debtor after receiving notice of the change agrees in writing to the change;  (ii) The debtor elects to pay an amount designated on a billing statement as including a new charge for a benefit offered to the debtor when the benefit and charge constitute the change in terms and when the billing statement also states the amount payable if the new charge is excluded;  (iii) The change involves no significant cost to the debtor;  (iv) The debtor has previously consented in writing to the kind of change made and notice of the change is given to the debtor in two (2) billing cycles prior to the effective date of the change; or  (v) The change applies only to debts incurred after a date specified in a notice of the change given in two (2) billing cycles prior to the effective date of the change.  (d) The notice provided for in this section is given to the debtor when mailed to him at the address used by the lender for sending periodic billing statements.
WY Stat § 40-14-340 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-340 - Use of Multiple Agreements.

40-14-340. Use of multiple agreements.| No lender shall permit any person or two (2) married persons to become obligated in any way under more than one (1) loan agreement with the lender or with a person related to the lender with intent to obtain a higher rate of loan finance charge than would otherwise be permitted or to avoid disclosure of an annual percentage rate pursuant to the laws relating to disclosure and advertising. The excess amount of loan finance charge provided for in agreements in violation of this section is an excess charge for the purposes of the provisions on the effect of violations on rights of parties (W.S. 40-14-521) and the provisions on civil actions by administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).
WY Stat § 40-14-354 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-354 - Loans Subject to Provisions by Agreement of Parties.

40-14-354. Loans subject to provisions by agreement of parties.| The parties to a loan other than a consumer loan may agree in a writing signed by the parties that the loan is subject to the provisions of this act applying to consumer loans. If the parties so agree, the loan is a consumer loan for the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 40-14-359 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-359 - Definitions; Application.

40-14-359. Definitions; application.| (a) As used in W.S. 40-14-359 through 40-14-361:  (i) "Pawnbroker" means a person licensed pursuant to W.S. 40-14-634 to engage in the business of making pawn transactions;  (ii) "Pawn finance charge" means the sum of all charges, payable directly or indirectly by the customer and imposed directly or indirectly by the pawnbroker as an incident of the pawn transactions;  (iii) "Pawn transaction" means the act of lending money on the security of pledged tangible personal property, or the act of purchasing tangible personal property on the condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time.  (b) W.S. 40-14-359 through 40-14-361 shall not supersede the rights of cities, towns and counties to regulate and license pawnshops in any fashion consistent with this act. The rights of cities, towns and counties to regulate pawn finance charges and maturities are preempted.
WY Stat § 40-14-360 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-360 - Pawn Finance Charge; Limits on Amount Financed and Terms; Minimum Pawn Finance Charge.

40-14-360. Pawn finance charge; limits on amount financed and terms; minimum pawn finance charge.| (a) No pawnbroker may contract for, charge or receive any amount as a charge in connection with a pawn transaction other than a pawn finance charge. No pawn finance charge shall exceed twenty percent (20%) per month on the unpaid principal balance of the pawn transaction.  (b) The amount financed in any one (1) pawn transaction to any one (1) customer shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00).  (c) The maturity date of a pawn transaction shall be one (1) calendar month. The period shall expire on the same date in the succeeding month if there is such a date, otherwise on the last day of the succeeding month. If the expiration date is not a business day, the period expires on the next business day.  (d) Pawn finance charges are fully earned on the day the loan is made.  (e) Pawn transactions may be renewed from month to month without additional disclosures provided:  (i) There is no change in the original terms; and  (ii) Pawn finance charges are not compounded.  (f) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the lender may contract for and receive a minimum pawn finance charge of not more than five dollars ($5.00).
WY Stat § 40-14-361 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-361 - Limitation on Agreement and Practices.

40-14-361. Limitation on agreement and practices.| (a) No pawnbroker shall make an agreement requiring the personal liability of a customer in connection with a pawn transaction. No customer may be required to redeem pledged goods or make any payment on a pawn transaction. The sole remedy of a pawnbroker for nonpayment of a loan by a customer or failure to redeem or repurchase tangible personal property by a customer in a pawn transaction is the right to title of the pledged tangible personal property.  (b) Pawnbrokers shall not make any charge for insurance in connection with a pawn transaction.  (c) Pawnbrokers shall post in a conspicuous place on their premises a schedule of business days and hours during which pawn transactions may be redeemed.
WY Stat § 40-14-362 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-362 - Definitions.

40-14-362. Definitions.| (a) As used in W.S. 40-14-362 through 40-14-367:  (i) "Post-dated check or similar arrangement" means the act of lending money in which a check or draft is dated on a date subsequent to the date it was written or dated on the date written but held for any period of days prior to deposit or presentment due to the check casher's agreement with or representations to a debtor, whether express or implied;  (ii) "Post-dated check casher" means a person engaged in the business of lending money by means of post-dated check transactions or similar arrangements.
WY Stat § 40-14-363 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-363 - License Required; Post-Dated Check Finance Charge; Limits on Amount Financed and Terms; Minimum Finance Charge.

40-14-363. License required; post-dated check finance charge; limits on amount financed and terms; minimum finance charge.| (a) No person shall engage in business as a post-dated check casher in this state unless licensed in accordance with W.S. 40-14-634. No post-dated check casher may contract for, charge or receive any amount as a charge in connection with a post-dated check or similar arrangement other than a post-dated check finance charge as stated in this subsection. No post-dated check finance charge shall exceed the greater of thirty dollars ($30.00) or twenty percent (20%) per month on the principal balance of the post-dated check or similar arrangement.  (b) The maximum term of any post-dated check or similar arrangement subject to this part shall be one (1) calendar month. Extended payment plans under W.S. 40-14-366 are not subject to this subsection.  (c) Post-dated check finance charges are fully earned on the day the post-dated check or similar arrangement is made.
WY Stat § 40-14-364 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-364 - Limitation on Multiple Agreements.

40-14-364. Limitation on multiple agreements.| No post-dated check or similar arrangement shall be repaid, refinanced or otherwise consolidated by proceeds of another post-dated check or similar arrangement accepted by the same post-dated check casher.
WY Stat § 40-14-365 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-365 - Right to Rescind.

40-14-365. Right to rescind.| (a) A post-dated check or similar arrangement with a post-dated check casher may be rescinded by the consumer on or before 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time of the following business day, provided that the consumer returns to the post-dated check casher in cash or certified funds the full original amount of funds advanced. A rescission under this section shall be at no cost to the consumer.  (b) Information regarding how to exercise the right to rescind shall be provided in writing to the consumer at the consummation of every post-dated check or similar arrangement.
WY Stat § 40-14-366 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-366 - Extended Payment Plan; Terms and Conditions.

40-14-366. Extended payment plan; terms and conditions.| (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this section, a consumer who is unable to repay a post-dated check or similar arrangement when due may elect once every twelve (12) months to repay the post-dated check or similar arrangement by means of an extended payment plan. The twelve (12) month period shall be measured from the date the consumer pays in full one extended payment plan with the post-dated check casher until the date that the consumer enters into another extended payment plan with the post-dated check casher.  (b) To request an extended payment plan, the consumer, before 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the last business day before the due date of the outstanding post-dated check or similar arrangement, shall request the plan and sign an amendment to the original agreement which memorializes the plan's terms.  (c) The extended payment plan's terms shall allow the consumer to repay the outstanding post-dated check or similar arrangement including any fee due in at least four (4) substantially equal installments and over a time period of at least sixty (60) days. Each plan installment shall be due on or after a date on which the consumer receives regular income, or if the consumer has no regular income due dates shall be a minimum of two (2) weeks between installments. The consumer may prepay an extended payment plan in full at any time without penalty. As long as the consumer complies with the terms of the extended payment plan, the plan shall be at no additional cost to the consumer and the post-dated check casher shall not charge the consumer any interest or additional fees during the term of the extended payment plan. The post-dated check casher may, with each payment under the plan by a consumer, provide for the return of the consumer's prior held check and require a new check for the remaining balance under the plan.  (d) If the consumer fails to pay any extended payment plan installment when due, the consumer shall be in default of the payment plan and the post-dated check casher immediately may accelerate payment on the remaining balance and take action to collect all amounts due. Upon default, notwithstanding W.S. 40-14-363(a), the post-dated check casher may charge the consumer interest on the outstanding balance at an annual rate equal to six percent (6%) plus the prime rate as listed in the Wall Street Journal on January 1 of the year in which the consumer defaults.
WY Stat § 40-14-367 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-367 - Notification.

40-14-367. Notification.| (a) A post-dated check casher shall provide the following written notice with each post-dated check or similar arrangement and obtain the signature of the consumer at least annually indicating receipt of the notice:  NOTICE  1. STATE LAW PROHIBITS A POST-DATED CHECK OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT FROM BEING REPAID, REFINANCED OR OTHERWISE CONSOLIDATED BY PROCEEDS OF ANOTHER POST-DATED CHECK OR SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT ACCEPTED BY THE SAME POST-DATED CHECK CASHER.  2. POST-DATED CHECK ADVANCES SHOULD BE USED FOR SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL NEEDS ONLY, NOT AS A LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SOLUTION. CUSTOMERS WITH CREDIT DIFFICULTIES SHOULD SEEK CREDIT COUNSELING.
WY Stat § 40-14-368 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 3 - Loans|Section 40-14-368 - Violations.

40-14-368. Violations.| The administrator is authorized to enforce an appropriate remedy, penalty, action or license revocation or suspension, as provided in articles 5 and 6 of this chapter, against a person licensed under the act for a violation of 10 U.S.C. § 987, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
WY Stat § 40-14-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-401 - Short Title.

40-14-401. Short title.| This article shall be known and may be cited as "Uniform Consumer Credit Code-Insurance."
WY Stat § 40-14-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-402 - Scope.

40-14-402. Scope.| (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, this article applies to insurance provided or to be provided in relation to a consumer credit sale (W.S. 40-14-204), a consumer lease (W.S. 40-14-206) or a consumer loan (W.S. 40-14-304).  (b) The provision on cancellation by a creditor (W.S. 40-14-453) applies to loans the primary purpose of which is the financing of insurance. No other provision of this article applies to insurance so financed.  (c) This article supplements and does not repeal W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-22-101. The provisions of this act concerning administrative controls, liabilities, and penalties do not apply to persons acting as insurers, and the similar provisions of W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-21-114 and 26-23-201 do not apply to creditors and debtors.  (d) W.S. 40-14-454 applies to insurance and other products that provide protection to a consumer and that terminate upon prepayment, default or other circumstances that end an agreement, including guaranteed asset protection waivers and debt cancellation contracts.
WY Stat § 40-14-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-403 - Definitions.

40-14-403. Definitions.| (a) In this act:  (i) "Consumer credit insurance" means insurance, other than insurance on property, by which the satisfaction of debt in whole or in part is a benefit provided, but does not include:  (A) Insurance provided in relation to a credit transaction in which a payment is scheduled more than ten (10) years after the extension of credit;  (B) Insurance issued as an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer not related to an agreement or plan for insuring debtors of the creditor; or  (C) Insurance indemnifying the creditor against loss due to the debtor's default.  (ii) "Credit Insurance Act" means W.S. 26-21-101 through 26-21-114 and 26-23-201.
WY Stat § 40-14-404 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-404 - Creditor's Provision of and Charge for Insurance; Excess Amount of Charge.

40-14-404. Creditor's provision of and charge for insurance; excess amount of charge.| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article and subject to the provisions on additional charges (W.S. 40-14-213 and 40-14-311) and maximum charges (part 2 of article 2 and article 3), a creditor may agree to provide insurance, and may contract for and receive a charge for insurance separate from and in addition to other charges. A creditor need not make a separate charge for insurance provided or required by him. This act does not authorize the issuance of any insurance prohibited under any statute, or rule thereunder, governing the business of insurance.  (b) The excess amount of a charge for insurance provided for in agreements in violation of this article is an excess charge for the purposes of the provisions of the article on remedies and penalties (article 5) as to effect of violations on rights of parties (W.S. 40-14-521) and of the provisions of the article on administration (article 6) as to civil actions by the administrator (W.S. 40-14-613).
WY Stat § 40-14-405 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-405 - Conditions Applying to Insurance to Be Provided by Creditor.

40-14-405. Conditions applying to insurance to be provided by creditor.| (a) If a creditor agrees with a debtor to provide insurance:  (i) The insurance shall be evidenced by an individual policy or certificate of insurance delivered to the debtor, or sent to him at his address as stated by him, within thirty (30) days after the term of the insurance commences under the agreement between the creditor and debtor; or  (ii) The creditor shall promptly notify the debtor of any failure or delay in providing the insurance.
WY Stat § 40-14-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-406 - Unconscionability.

40-14-406. Unconscionability.| (a) In applying the provisions of this act on unconscionability (W.S. 40-14-508 and 40-14-611) to a separate charge for insurance, consideration shall be given, among other factors, to:  (i) Potential benefits to the debtor including the satisfaction of his obligations;  (ii) The creditor's need for the protection provided by the insurance; and  (iii) The relation between the amount and terms of credit granted and the insurance benefits provided.  (b) If consumer credit insurance otherwise complies with this article and other applicable law, neither the amount nor the term of the insurance nor the amount of a charge therefor is in itself unconscionable.
WY Stat § 40-14-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-407 - Maximum Charge by Creditor for Insurance.

40-14-407. Maximum charge by creditor for insurance.| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a creditor contracts for or receives a separate charge for insurance, the amount charged to the debtor for the insurance may not exceed the premium to be charged by the insurer, as computed at the time the charge to the debtor is determined, conforming to any rate filings required by law and made by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance.  (b) A creditor who provides consumer credit insurance in relation to a revolving charge account (W.S. 40-14-208) or revolving loan account (W.S. 40-14-308) may calculate the charge to the debtor in each billing cycle by applying the current premium rate to:  (i) The average daily unpaid balance of the debt in the cycle;  (ii) The unpaid balance of the debt or a median amount within a specified range of unpaid balances of debt on approximately the same day of the cycle. The day of the cycle need not be the day used in calculating the credit service charge (W.S. 40-14-218) or loan finance charge (W.S. 40-14-310), but the specified range shall be the range used for that purpose; or  (iii) The unpaid balances of principal calculated according to the actuarial method.
WY Stat § 40-14-408 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 40 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code|Article 4 - Insurance|Section 40-14-408 - Refund or Credit Required; Amount.

40-14-408. Refund or credit required; amount.| (a) Upon prepayment in full of a consumer credit sale or consumer loan by the proceeds of consumer credit insurance, the debtor or his estate is entitled to a refund of any portion of a separate charge for insurance which by reason of prepayment is retained by the creditor or returned to him by the insurer unless the charge was computed from time to time on the basis of the balances of the debtor's account.  (b) This article does not require a creditor to grant a refund or credit to the debtor if all refunds and credits due to the debtor under this article amount to less than one dollar ($1.00), and except as provided in subsection (a) of this section does not require the creditor to account to the debtor for any portion of a separate charge for insurance because:  (i) The insurance is terminated by performance of the insurer's obligation;  (ii) The creditor pays or accounts for premiums to the insurer in amounts and at times determined by the agreement between them; or  (iii) The creditor receives directly or indirectly under any policy of insurance a gain or advantage not prohibited by law.  (c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the creditor shall promptly make or cause to be made an appropriate refund or credit to the debtor with respect to any separate charge made to him for insurance if:  (i) The insurance is not provided or is provided for a shorter term than that for which the charge to the debtor for insurance was computed; or  (ii) The insurance terminates prior to the end of the term for which it was written because of prepayment in full or otherwise.  (d) A refund or credit required by subsection (c) of this section is appropriate as to amount if it is computed according to a method prescribed or approved by the commissioner of insurance or a formula filed by the insurer with the commissioner of insurance at least thirty (30) days before the debtor's right to a refund or credit becomes determinable, unless the method or formula is employed after the commissioner of insurance notifies the insurer that he disapproves it.