47-30-115 - Prohibited acts.
47-30-115. Prohibited acts.
Reverse mortgage lenders are prohibited from engaging in any of the following acts in connection with the making, servicing, or collecting of a reverse mortgage loan:
(1) Misrepresenting material facts, making false promises, or engaging in a course of misrepresentation through agents or otherwise;
(2) Failing to disburse funds in accordance with the terms of the reverse mortgage loan contract or other written commitment;
(3) Improperly refusing to issue a release of a mortgage;
(4) Engaging in any action or practice that is unfair or deceptive, or that operates a fraud on any person;
(5) Contracting for or receiving shared appreciation, except that this provision shall not apply to any Fannie Mae Reverse Mortgage Loan;
(6) Closing a reverse mortgage loan without receiving certification from a counselor that the borrower has received counseling on the advisability of a reverse mortgage loan and the appropriate reverse mortgage loan for the borrower; or
(7) Failing to comply with this chapter.
[Acts 1993, ch. 410, § 16; 1997, ch. 286, § 11.]