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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="12-614" title_number="12" title_name="Credit Regulations" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Retail Installment Sales">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a holder may not directly or indirectly contract for, charge, or receive from a buyer or a surety for a buyer on account of or in connection with any agreement, any charge or amount for the extension of credit, interest, fees, commissions, delinquency, collection, repossession, and foreclosure or otherwise.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A holder may charge the buyer the following charges or fees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of § 12-630 of this subtitle, the time balance of an installment sale agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If allowed by a court as costs, the official fees paid to a public official in connection with a proceeding to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Recover possession of the goods;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Enforce any obligation of the buyer or his surety; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Realize on any security interest or collateral security;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If no charge was made in the agreement on account of the insurance for the period covered, the premiums for insurance as provided by § 12-613 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The amount paid for copies of agreements and statements of accounts pursuant to § 12-621 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Charges permitted by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§§ 12-623 and 12-626 of this subtitle for delinquencies and repossession expenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Law for extensions and refunds; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An amount not exceeding $15 if payment is made with a check that is dishonored on the second presentment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
