30-14-506. Repayment to buyer -- retention of goods by buyer. (1) Except as provided in this section, within 10 days after a personal solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to purchase revoked, the seller shall tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebtedness.
     (2) If the down payment includes goods traded in, the goods shall be tendered in substantially as good condition as when received by the seller. If the seller fails to tender the goods as provided by this section, the buyer may elect to recover an amount equal to the trade-in allowance stated in the agreement.
     (3) If the seller refuses within the period prescribed by subsection (1) to return the cash down payment or goods tendered as down payment, he shall be liable to the buyer for the entire down payment, and if the buyer is successful in his action therefor, the court shall also award him $100 plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
     (4) Until the seller has complied with this section, the buyer may retain possession of goods delivered to him by the seller and shall have a lien on the goods in his possession or control for any recovery to which he may be entitled.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 426, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 191, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 85-505; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 137, L. 1979.