March 2014

When the Statute of Limitations Begins to Run on Installment Loans

The short answer is that with installment loans, the statute of limitations begins to accrue on each installment as it comes due. Once the payments are accelerated, then the statute begins to run on the balance of the debt. If the loan is on real estate, however, then the limitations period does not begin to […]

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Contracts for Deed: Do the Volume-Dealer Penalties of Section 5.077(d) Have an “Anchoring” Requirement?

One bankruptcy court says yes. Here is an argument for the answer being no. Under Section 5.077(d), the volume-dealer penalties apply to “A seller who conducts two or more transactions in a 12-month period under this section . . . .” One bankruptcy court has interpreted this provision as meaning that the volume-dealer penalties apply

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