South Carolina Statutes
§ 37-3-107 — "Lender"; "precomputed"; "principal" defined.
(1)Except as otherwise provided "lender" includes an assignee of the lender's right to payment but use of the term does not in itself impose on an assignee any obligation of the lender with respect to events occurring before the assignment.
(2)A loan, refinancing, or consolidation is "precomputed" if the debt is expressed as a sum comprising the principal and the amount of the loan finance charge computed in advance.
(3)"Principal" of a loan means the total of:
(a)the net amount paid to, receivable by, or paid or payable for the account of the debtor;
(b)the amount of any discount excluded from the loan finance charge (subsection (2) of Section 37-3-109); and (c) to the extent that payment is deferred:
(i)amounts actually paid or to be paid by the lender for registration, certificate
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 8-800.237; 1974 (58) 2879; 1976 Act No. 686 SECTION 23.
Nearby Sections
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§ 37-3-101
Short title.§ 37-3-102
Scope.§ 37-3-103
Index of definitions.§ 37-3-104
"Consumer loan" defined.§ 37-3-105
First mortgage real estate loans.§ 37-3-106
"Loan" defined.§ 37-3-108
"Revolving loan account" defined.§ 37-3-109
"Loan finance charge" defined.§ 37-3-200
Restricted loans and restricted lenders.§ 37-3-201
Loan finance charge for consumer loans.§ 37-3-202
Additional charges.§ 37-3-203
Delinquency charges.§ 37-3-204
Deferral charges.§ 37-3-205
Loan finance charge on refinancing.