Section 445.1636 – Federal Special Information Booklet; Document to Be Prepared by Department.
445.1636 Federal special information booklet; document to be prepared by department. Sec. 6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), at the time a person applies for a mortgage loan, the lender shall provide the applicant with a copy of the special information booklet described in 12 CFR 1024.6, issued under the authority of the real estate […]
Section 445.1637 – Repealed. 2016, Act 44, Eff. June 13, 2016.
445.1637 Repealed. 2016, Act 44, Eff. June 13, 2016. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to written notice regarding credit counseling.
Section 445.1638 – Examinations and Investigations by Commissioner.
445.1638 Examinations and investigations by commissioner. Sec. 8. The commissioner may conduct examinations and investigations of a person over whom the commissioner has regulatory authority as necessary to determine whether the person is brokering, making, servicing, or collecting mortgage loans as required by this act. History: 2002, Act 660, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Section 445.1639 – Violation of Act.
445.1639 Violation of act. Sec. 9. If the commissioner determines that a person is brokering, making, servicing, or collecting mortgage loans in violation of this act, the commissioner shall do 1 or more of the following: (a) Initiate a cause of action under section 10. (b) If the person is chartered, licensed, registered, regulated, or […]
Section 445.1640 – Action by Attorney General or Prosecuting Attorney.
445.1640 Action by attorney general or prosecuting attorney. Sec. 10. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney for the county where an alleged violation occurred may bring an action against a person to do 1 or more of the following: (a) Obtain a declaratory judgment that a method, act, or practice of the person is […]
Section 445.1641 – Unintentional and Bona Fide Error.
445.1641 Unintentional and bona fide error. Sec. 11. (1) A person is not liable for a violation under section 10 if the person shows that the violation was an unintentional and bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid the error. Examples of a bona fide error include clerical, calculation, computer […]
Section 445.1642 – Enforcement Not Limited.
445.1642 Enforcement not limited. Sec. 12. This act does not limit the authority of the commissioner, the attorney general, or a county prosecutor to enforce any law under which a person is chartered, organized, licensed, registered, regulated, or otherwise authorized to do business in this state. History: 2002, Act 660, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Section 445.1643 – Model Programs for Financial Education.
445.1643 Model programs for financial education. Sec. 13. (1) The department of insurance and financial services shall develop and make available to local units of government, financial institutions, and other interested persons 1 or more model programs for financial education. (2) The program required under this section shall be designed to teach personal financial management […]
Section 445.1644 – Municipal Actions; Statutory Conflict; Preemption; Severability.
445.1644 Municipal actions; statutory conflict; preemption; severability. Sec. 14. (1) The federal government and state solely regulate the business of brokering, making, servicing, and collecting mortgage loans in this state and the manner in which any such business is conducted. (2) Any charter, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other action by a municipal corporation or […]
Section 445.1645 – Standards; Uniformity; Preemption.
445.1645 Standards; uniformity; preemption. Sec. 15. (1) The laws of this state relating to the brokering, making, servicing, and collecting of mortgage loans prescribe rules of conduct upon citizens generally, comprise a comprehensive regulatory framework intended to operate uniformly throughout the state under the same circumstances and conditions, and constitute general laws of this state. […]