2.59.2044    REFUNDS OF FEES UPON TERMINATION OR PREPAYMENT OF COVERED LOAN

(1)  If a debt cancellation contract or debt suspension agreement is terminated, including, for example, when the customer prepays the covered loan, a mutual association shall refund to the customer any unearned fees paid for the contract unless the contract provides otherwise. 

(2)  A mutual association may offer a customer a contract that does not provide for a refund only if the mutual association also offers that customer a bona fide option to purchase a comparable contract that provides for a refund.

(3)  A mutual association shall calculate the amount of a refund using a method at least as favorable to the customer as the actuarial method.

History: 32-2-704, MCA; IMP, 32-2-909, MCA; NEW, 2022 MAR p. 230, Eff. 2/12/22.