2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 40 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 14 - Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code
Article 3 - Loans
Section 40-14-310 - Consumer Loan Finance Charges.
40-14-310. Consumer loan finance charges.
(a) With respect to a consumer loan and except as provided for pawnbrokers under W.S. 40-14-360(a) and post-dated check cashers under W.S. 40-14-363(a), a lender may contract for and receive a loan finance charge as provided by this section.
(b) This section does not limit or restrict the manner of contracting for the loan finance charge, whether by way of add-on, discount, or otherwise, so long as the rate of the loan finance charge does not exceed that permitted by this section. The loan finance charge may be contracted for and earned at the single annual percentage rate that would earn the same finance charge as the graduated rates when the debt is paid according to the agreed terms and the calculations are made according to the actuarial method. If the loan is precomputed:
(i) The loan finance charge may be calculated on the assumption that all scheduled payments will be made when due; and
(ii) The effect of prepayment is governed by the provisions on rebate upon prepayment (W.S. 40-14-319).
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term of a loan commences with the date the loan is made. Differences in the lengths of months are disregarded and a day may be counted as one-thirtieth of a month. Subject to classifications and differentiations the lender may reasonably establish, a part of a month in excess of fifteen (15) days may be treated as a full month if periods of fifteen (15) days or less are disregarded and if that procedure is not consistently used to obtain a greater yield than would otherwise be permitted.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 14, § 3.
(e) Subject to classifications and differentiations the lender may reasonably establish, he may make the same loan finance charge on all amounts financed within a specified range. A loan finance charge so made does not violate subsection (g) of this section if:
(i) When applied to the median amount within each range, it does not exceed the maximum permitted by subsection (g) of this section; and
(ii) When applied to the lowest amount within each range, it does not produce a rate of loan finance charge exceeding the rate calculated according to paragraph (i) of this subsection by more than eight percent (8%) of the rate calculated according to paragraph (i) of this subsection.
(f) Except as provided for pawnbrokers in W.S. 40-14-360(f) and post-dated check cashers in W.S. 40-14-363, a lender may contract for and receive a minimum loan finance charge of not more than thirty dollars ($30.00).
(g) A loan finance charge, calculated according to the actuarial method, shall not exceed the equivalent of thirty-six percent (36%) per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the principal that is equal to or less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and shall not exceed the equivalent of twenty-one percent (21%) per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the principal that is greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(h) If an unpaid balance exists on a consumer loan in a revolving account on the date on which the loan finance charge is applied, the lender may contract for and receive a charge in accordance with this subsection. For accounts with a billing cycle of thirty (30) days or more, the lender may receive a charge not to exceed three dollars ($3.00). For accounts with a billing cycle of less than thirty (30) days, the lender may receive a charge not to exceed the pro rata part of three dollars ($3.00) that bears the same relation to three dollars ($3.00) as the number of days in the billing cycle bears to thirty (30). No charge shall be made under this subsection for an account if the lender has made an annual charge for the same period as permitted by the provisions on additional charges (W.S. 40-14-311(a)(iii)).
