IC 37-4-4-5: Foreclosure purchasers; unfair conduct; prohibited representations and acts
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 37. CONSUMER LENDING
- ARTICLE 4. MORTGAGE RESCUE PROTECTION FRAUD
- Chapter 4. Limitations on Foreclosure Consultants and Foreclosure Reconveyances
Sec. 5. A foreclosure purchaser may not:
(1) enter into repurchase or lease terms as part of the foreclosure reconveyance that are unfair or commercially unreasonable or engage in any other unfair conduct;
(2) represent, directly or indirectly, that the:
(A) foreclosure purchaser is acting:
(i) as an adviser or a consultant; or
(ii) in any other manner on behalf of the homeowner;
(B) foreclosure purchaser is assisting the homeowner to save the residence; or
(C) foreclosure purchaser is assisting the homeowner in preventing a foreclosure if the result of the transaction is that the homeowner will not complete a redemption of the property; or
(3) until the homeowner's right to rescind or cancel the foreclosure reconveyance agreement has expired:
(A) record any document, including an instrument or conveyance, signed by the homeowner; or
(B) transfer to a third party or encumber, or purport to transfer to a third party or encumber, any interest in the residential real property in foreclosure.
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