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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-610" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Retail Installment Sales">
  <text>Except as provided in § 12-609 of this subtitle as to a motor vehicle, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other statutory law, in the retail sale of consumer goods bought under an installment sale agreement, including any add-on contract described in § 12-618 of this subtitle, the finance charge may not exceed the greater of:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>An amount computed using the following annual simple interest rates of finance charge:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>22 percent on that part of the outstanding balance not exceeding $1,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>18 percent on that part of the outstanding balance exceeding $1,000; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>A minimum charge of $10 or, if the date of the last installment is eight months or less after the effective date of the installment sale agreement, $8.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a seller may charge a finance charge at a rate not in excess of 24 percent per annum simple interest on the outstanding balance under an installment sale agreement made on or after July 1, 1982.</text>
  </level>
</section>
