With respect to a consumer credit sale or consumer lease, the creditor shall only accept currently dated negotiable instruments as evidence of the obligation of the buyer or lessee. For purposes of this section, a creditor shall not make the consumer credit sale contract or consumer lease contract a negotiable instrument.

L. 1973, ch. 85, § 53; L. 1981, ch. 93, § 9; L. 2024, ch. 6, § 75; January 1, 2025.