Title 9-A: MAINE CONSUMER CREDIT CODE

Article 9: CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS MADE TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE OR SECURED BY FIRST-LIEN MORTGAGES

Part 3: REGULATION OF AGREEMENTS AND PRACTICES

§9-305-B. Timely responses to requests for payoff figures

A creditor, assignee or servicer shall respond to a request for a payoff figure within 3 business days following receipt of such a request from a consumer or an agent of the consumer for a consumer credit transaction secured by a mortgage on real estate. The response must include a precise payoff figure as of a date certain and must contain information permitting the consumer or the consumer's agent to update that figure, such as providing a per diem rate from a date certain. A charge may not be assessed for the first 2 requests in any calendar year, and a charge for each subsequent request may not exceed $5.   [PL 2005, c. 206, §3 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2005, c. 206, §3 (NEW).