69 Pa. Stat. § 1302

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 1302 - Contents generally

Except as provided in sections 309 and 803, every retail installment contract shall be contained in a single document which shall contain:

(a) The entire agreement of the parties with respect to the cost and terms of payment for the goods and services, including any promissory notes or any other evidences of indebtedness between the parties relating to the transaction, and including any promise, whether made in writing or orally, by the seller, made as an inducement to the buyer to become a party to the contract or which is part of the contract or which is made incidental to negotiations between the seller and the buyer with respect to the sale of the goods or services that are the subject of the contract, that the seller will compensate the buyer for referring customers or prospective customers to the seller for goods or services which the seller has for sale or for referring the seller to such customers or prospective customers. In any case in which, pursuant to the preceding provisions, the contract contains a promise to compensate the buyer for referring customers or prospective customers to the seller or the seller to such customers, the contract must contain a provision to the effect that the amount otherwise owing under the contract at any time is reduced by the amount of compensation owing pursuant to such promise.
(b) Either at the top of the contract or directly above the space reserved for the signature of the buyer, the words "Security Agreement" or "Lien Contract," as the case may be, shall appear in at least ten-point bold type where a security interest in the goods is retained or a lien on other goods or realty is obtained by the seller as security for the goods or services purchased. Either at the top of the contract or directly above the space reserved for the signature of the buyer, the words "Retail Installment Contract," shall appear in at least ten-point bold type where security is not obtained by the seller for the goods or services purchased: Provided, That a revolving charge agreement or account need not be signed again but a memorandum shall be sent to the buyer by the seller at the time of the issuance of new credit under the contract.
(c) A notice in at least eight-point bold type reading as follows: "Notice to the buyer:
(1) Do not sign this agreement before you read it or if it contains any blank space. (2) You are entitled to a completely filled-in copy of this agreement. (3) Under the law, you have the right to pay off in advance the full amount due and under certain conditions to obtain a partial refund of the service charge."

69 P.S. § 1302

1966, Special Sess. No. 1, Oct. 28, P.L. 55, art. III, § 302.