Indiana § 37-2-4-15 - Balloon payments; compliance with Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act

§ 37-2-4-15. Balloon payments; compliance with Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act

Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to a first lien mortgage transaction.

(b) Except as provided in IC 37-5-4-3 with respect to a high cost home loan (as defined in IC 37-5-2-8), with respect to a consumer loan, other than one pursuant to a revolving loan account or one on which only loan finance charges are payable prior to the time that the final scheduled payment is due, if any scheduled payment is more than twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments, the debtor has the right to refinance the amount of that payment at the time it is due without penalty. The terms of the refinancing shall be no less favorable to the debtor than the terms of the original loan. This section does not apply to the extent that the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income of the debtor.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "terms of the refinancing" means:

(1) in the case of a fixed-rate consumer loan, the individual payment amounts, the charges as a result of default by the debtor, and the rate of the loan finance charge; and

(2) in the case of a variable rate consumer loan, the method used to determine the individual payment amounts, the charges as a result of default by the debtor, the method used to determine the rate of the loan finance charge, the circumstances under which the rate of the loan finance charge may increase, and any limitations on the increase in the rate of the loan finance charge.

(d) If a consumer loan is made under the authority of the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act (12 U.S.C. 3802 et seq.), the note evidencing the mortgage must contain a reference to the applicable federal law.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 24-4.5-3-402.]

As added by P.L.115-2026, SEC.97.