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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-308" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consumer Loans -- Credit Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the time a loan is made, the lender shall deliver to the borrower a statement in the English language which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Quotes §§ 12–306, 12–307, and 12–312 of this subtitle, in their entireties; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Complies with § 12–106(b) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If there are two or more borrowers, the lender:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May deliver the statement to any one of the borrowers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At the request of any other borrower, shall deliver a copy of the statement to that borrower within 10 days after the request.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, at the time a lender receives a payment on account of a loan, the lender shall deliver to the person making the payment a receipt which specifies:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The amount applied to principal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The amount applied to interest and other charges; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The unpaid principal balance of the loan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The lender may deliver an unitemized receipt at the time of payment if he delivers the required itemized receipt within 10 days after the payment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The lender is not required to issue a receipt if, before the due date of each payment, he regularly delivers to the borrower a billing statement which specifies:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The previous unpaid principal balance of the loan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The amount and date of each payment made during the billing period;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The amount of each of these payments applied to interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The amount of each of these payments applied to principal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The current unpaid principal balance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The amount and due date of the next maturing installment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The lender is not required to issue a receipt if the lender issues to the borrower a payment book or coupon book and payment is made by check or money order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A lender shall permit a borrower to prepay a loan in full or in part at any time, without penalty.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each partial prepayment shall be applied:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>First, to any interest accrued on the unpaid principal balance to the date of the payment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Then, to the unpaid principal balance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>After full repayment of a loan, the lender shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Indelibly mark with the word “paid” or “canceled” and return each note, contract, or other evidence of obligation of the borrower in the possession of the lender; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Furnish the borrower with a written statement that identifies the loan transaction and states that the loan has been paid in full;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Release any mortgage, security agreement, or other form of security instrument which no longer secures any indebtedness to the lender; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Restore any pledge or certificate of title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>At the request of the borrower, the lender shall furnish the borrower with a written statement of the account. However, the lender is not required to do so more than once in any 30–day period.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A lender making or offering to make a loan secured by residential real property shall comply with § 12–125 of this title, as applicable.</text>
  </level>
</section>
