47-18-5520 - Cancellation of agreement Waiver. [Effective July 1, 2010.]
47-18-5520. Cancellation of agreement Waiver. [Effective July 1, 2010.]
(a) An individual may cancel an agreement before midnight of the third business day after the individual assents to it, unless the agreement does not comply with subsection (b) or § 47-18-5519 or § 47-18-5528, in which event the individual may cancel the agreement within thirty (30) days after the individual assents to it. To exercise the right to cancel, the individual must give notice in a record to the provider. Notice by mail is given when mailed.
(b) An agreement must be accompanied by a form that contains in boldface type, surrounded by bold black lines:
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(c) If a personal financial emergency necessitates the disbursement of an individual's money to one (1) or more of the individual's creditors before the expiration of three (3) days after an agreement is signed, an individual may waive the right to cancel. To waive the right, the individual must send or deliver a signed, dated statement in the individual's own words describing the circumstances that necessitate a waiver. The waiver must explicitly waive the right to cancel. A waiver by means of a standard-form record is void.
[Acts 2009, ch. 469, § 1.]