Bill Text: OH HB80 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require registration of residential mortgage servicers, to regulate residential mortgage servicers, and to adopt civil and criminal penalties for violations of the bill's provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-26 - To Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development [HB80 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB80-Introduced.html
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Representatives Driehaus, Foley
Cosponsors:
Representatives Boyd, Patterson, Antonio, Ramos, Letson, Hagan, R., Reece
To amend sections 109.572, 1181.05, 1181.21, and | 1 |
1321.52 and to enact sections 1323.01 to 1323.20 | 2 |
and 1323.99 of the Revised Code to require | 3 |
registration of residential mortgage servicers, to | 4 |
regulate residential mortgage servicers, and to | 5 |
adopt civil and criminal penalties for violations | 6 |
of the bill's provisions. | 7 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 109.572, 1181.05, 1181.21, and | 8 |
1321.52 be amended and sections 1323.01, 1323.02, 1323.03, | 9 |
1323.04, 1323.05, 1323.06, 1323.07, 1323.08, 1323.09, 1323.10, | 10 |
1323.11, 1323.12, 1323.13, 1323.14, 1323.15, 1323.16, 1323.17, | 11 |
1323.18, 1323.19, 1323.20, and 1323.99 of the Revised Code be | 12 |
enacted to read as follows: | 13 |
Sec. 109.572. (A)(1) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to | 14 |
section 121.08, 3301.32, 3301.541, or 3319.39 of the Revised Code, | 15 |
a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this | 16 |
section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 17 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 18 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 19 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner | 20 |
described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any | 21 |
information exists that indicates that the person who is the | 22 |
subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 23 |
guilty to any of the following: | 24 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 25 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 26 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 27 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 28 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, | 29 |
2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, | 30 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, | 31 |
2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual | 32 |
penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised | 33 |
Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it | 34 |
existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of | 35 |
the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section | 36 |
2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, | 37 |
had the violation been committed prior to that date, or a | 38 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 39 |
minor drug possession offense; | 40 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 41 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 42 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(1)(a) of | 43 |
this section; | 44 |
(c) If the request is made pursuant to section 3319.39 of the | 45 |
Revised Code for an applicant who is a teacher, any offense | 46 |
specified in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. | 47 |
(2) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3712.09 or | 48 |
3721.121 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 49 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 50 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 51 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 52 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 53 |
check with respect to any person who has applied for employment in | 54 |
a position for which a criminal records check is required by those | 55 |
sections. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal records | 56 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 57 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 58 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 59 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 60 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 61 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 62 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 63 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 64 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 65 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 66 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 67 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 68 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 69 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 70 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 71 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(2)(a) of this section. | 72 |
(3) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 173.27, | 73 |
173.394, 3701.881, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, or | 74 |
5123.169 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 75 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 76 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 77 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 78 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 79 |
check of the person for whom the request is made. The | 80 |
superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check in the | 81 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 82 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 83 |
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of, | 84 |
has pleaded guilty to, or has been found eligible for intervention | 85 |
in lieu of conviction for any of the following, regardless of the | 86 |
date of the conviction, the date of entry of the guilty plea, or | 87 |
the date the person was found eligible for intervention in lieu of | 88 |
conviction: | 89 |
(a) A violation of section 959.13, 959.131, 2903.01, 2903.02, | 90 |
2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, | 91 |
2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, 2903.34, 2903.341, 2905.01, | 92 |
2905.02, 2905.05, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2905.32, 2905.33, 2907.02, | 93 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 94 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, | 95 |
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2907.33, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.04, | 96 |
2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, | 97 |
2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.05, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 98 |
2913.31, 2913.32, 2913.40, 2913.41, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, | 99 |
2913.441, 2913.45, 2913.46, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2913.51, | 100 |
2917.01, 2917.02, 2917.03, 2917.31, 2919.12, 2919.121, 2919.123, | 101 |
2919.22, 2919.23, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.03, 2921.11, 2921.12, | 102 |
2921.13, 2921.21, 2921.24, 2921.32, 2921.321, 2921.34, 2921.35, | 103 |
2921.36, 2921.51, 2923.12, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.13, 2923.161, | 104 |
2923.162, 2923.21, 2923.32, 2923.42, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, | 105 |
2925.041, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.09, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.14, | 106 |
2925.141, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.24, 2925.36, 2925.55, 2925.56, | 107 |
2927.12, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 108 |
(b) Felonious sexual penetration in violation of former | 109 |
section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; | 110 |
(c) A violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it | 111 |
existed prior to July 1, 1996; | 112 |
(d) A violation of section 2923.01, 2923.02, or 2923.03 of | 113 |
the Revised Code when the underlying offense that is the object of | 114 |
the conspiracy, attempt, or complicity is one of the offenses | 115 |
listed in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (c) of this section; | 116 |
(e) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance | 117 |
or law of this state, any other state, or the United States that | 118 |
is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in | 119 |
divisions (A)(3)(a) to (d) of this section. | 120 |
(4) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 2151.86 of | 121 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division | 122 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 123 |
obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this | 124 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 125 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 126 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 127 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 128 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 129 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 130 |
(a) A violation of section 959.13, 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 131 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.16, 2903.21, | 132 |
2903.211, 2903.22, 2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, | 133 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 134 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, | 135 |
2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, | 136 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.49, 2917.01, 2917.02, | 137 |
2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, | 138 |
2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2927.12, or 3716.11 | 139 |
of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised | 140 |
Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section | 141 |
2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of | 142 |
section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, | 143 |
1996, had the violation been committed prior to that date, a | 144 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 145 |
minor drug possession offense, two or more OVI or OVUAC violations | 146 |
committed within the three years immediately preceding the | 147 |
submission of the application or petition that is the basis of the | 148 |
request, or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former | 149 |
section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; | 150 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 151 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 152 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(4)(a) of | 153 |
this section. | 154 |
(5) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5104.012 or | 155 |
5104.013 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 156 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 157 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 158 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 159 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 160 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 161 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 162 |
person who is the subject of the request has been convicted of or | 163 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 164 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 165 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.22, | 166 |
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 167 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, | 168 |
2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, | 169 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, | 170 |
2913.041, 2913.05, 2913.06, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.32, | 171 |
2913.33, 2913.34, 2913.40, 2913.41, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, | 172 |
2913.441, 2913.45, 2913.46, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2919.12, | 173 |
2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2923.01, 2923.12, | 174 |
2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or | 175 |
3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual penetration in | 176 |
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, a | 177 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 178 |
prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the | 179 |
Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 | 180 |
of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the | 181 |
violation been committed prior to that date, a violation of | 182 |
section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug | 183 |
possession offense, a violation of section 2923.02 or 2923.03 of | 184 |
the Revised Code that relates to a crime specified in this | 185 |
division, or a second violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 186 |
Code within five years of the date of application for licensure or | 187 |
certification. | 188 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 189 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 190 |
equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in | 191 |
division (A)(5)(a) of this section. | 192 |
(6) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5153.111 of | 193 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division | 194 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 195 |
obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this | 196 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 197 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 198 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 199 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 200 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 201 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 202 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 203 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 204 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 205 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 206 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, | 207 |
2909.03, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, | 208 |
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, | 209 |
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, | 210 |
felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section | 211 |
2907.12 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the | 212 |
Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of | 213 |
section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a | 214 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 215 |
prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation been committed prior to | 216 |
that date, or a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code | 217 |
that is not a minor drug possession offense; | 218 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 219 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 220 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(6)(a) of | 221 |
this section. | 222 |
(7) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check from | 223 |
an individual pursuant to section 4749.03 or 4749.06 of the | 224 |
Revised Code, accompanied by a completed copy of the form | 225 |
prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section and a set of | 226 |
fingerprint impressions obtained in a manner described in division | 227 |
(C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of | 228 |
criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal | 229 |
records check in the manner described in division (B) of this | 230 |
section to determine whether any information exists indicating | 231 |
that the person who is the subject of the request has been | 232 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony in this state or in any | 233 |
other state. If the individual indicates that a firearm will be | 234 |
carried in the course of business, the superintendent shall | 235 |
require information from the federal bureau of investigation as | 236 |
described in division (B)(2) of this section. Subject to division | 237 |
(F) of this section, the superintendent shall report the findings | 238 |
of the criminal records check and any information the federal | 239 |
bureau of investigation provides to the director of public safety. | 240 |
(8) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1321.37, | 241 |
1321.53, 1321.531, 1322.03, 1322.031, 1323.05, or 4763.05 of the | 242 |
Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division | 243 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 244 |
obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this | 245 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 246 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 247 |
check with respect to any person who has applied for a license, | 248 |
permit, or certification from the department of commerce or a | 249 |
division in the department. The superintendent shall conduct the | 250 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 251 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 252 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request | 253 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 254 |
following: a violation of section 2913.02, 2913.11, 2913.31, | 255 |
2913.51, or 2925.03 of the Revised Code; any other criminal | 256 |
offense involving theft, receiving stolen property, embezzlement, | 257 |
forgery, fraud, passing bad checks, money laundering, or drug | 258 |
trafficking, or any criminal offense involving money or | 259 |
securities, as set forth in Chapters 2909., 2911., 2913., 2915., | 260 |
2921., 2923., and 2925. of the Revised Code; or any existing or | 261 |
former law of this state, any other state, or the United States | 262 |
that is substantially equivalent to those offenses. | 263 |
(9) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check from | 264 |
the treasurer of state under section 113.041 of the Revised Code | 265 |
or from an individual under section 4701.08, 4715.101, 4717.061, | 266 |
4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, 4730.14, 4730.28, | 267 |
4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.296, | 268 |
4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, 4741.10, 4755.70, | 269 |
4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, 4761.051, 4762.031, | 270 |
4762.06, 4776.021, or 4779.091 of the Revised Code, accompanied by | 271 |
a completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of this section | 272 |
and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner | 273 |
described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent | 274 |
of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall | 275 |
conduct a criminal records check in the manner described in | 276 |
division (B) of this section to determine whether any information | 277 |
exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the | 278 |
request has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal | 279 |
offense in this state or any other state. Subject to division (F) | 280 |
of this section, the superintendent shall send the results of a | 281 |
check requested under section 113.041 of the Revised Code to the | 282 |
treasurer of state and shall send the results of a check requested | 283 |
under any of the other listed sections to the licensing board | 284 |
specified by the individual in the request. | 285 |
(10) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1121.23, | 286 |
1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1733.47, or 1761.26 of the Revised | 287 |
Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 288 |
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 289 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 290 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 291 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner | 292 |
described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any | 293 |
information exists that indicates that the person who is the | 294 |
subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 295 |
guilty to any criminal offense under any existing or former law of | 296 |
this state, any other state, or the United States. | 297 |
(11) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check | 298 |
from an appointing or licensing authority under section 3772.07 of | 299 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed under division | 300 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 301 |
obtained in the manner prescribed in division (C)(2) of this | 302 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 303 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 304 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 305 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 306 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 307 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to any offense under | 308 |
any existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the | 309 |
United States that is a disqualifying offense as defined in | 310 |
section 3772.07 of the Revised Code or substantially equivalent to | 311 |
such an offense. | 312 |
(12) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 2151.33 or | 313 |
2151.412 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 314 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 315 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 316 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 317 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 318 |
check with respect to any person for whom a criminal records check | 319 |
is required by that section. The superintendent shall conduct the | 320 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 321 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 322 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request | 323 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 324 |
following: | 325 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 326 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 327 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 328 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 329 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 330 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 331 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 332 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 333 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 334 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 335 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 336 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(12)(a) of this section. | 337 |
(B) Subject to division (F) of this section, the | 338 |
superintendent shall conduct any criminal records check to be | 339 |
conducted under this section as follows: | 340 |
(1) The superintendent shall review or cause to be reviewed | 341 |
any relevant information gathered and compiled by the bureau under | 342 |
division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that relates to | 343 |
the person who is the subject of the criminal records check, | 344 |
including, if the criminal records check was requested under | 345 |
section 113.041, 121.08, 173.27, 173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, | 346 |
1163.05, 1315.141, 1321.37, 1321.53, 1321.531, 1322.03, 1322.031, | 347 |
1323.05, 1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, | 348 |
3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, 3772.07, 4749.03, 4749.06, 4763.05, | 349 |
5104.012, 5104.013, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, | 350 |
5123.169, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code, any relevant | 351 |
information contained in records that have been sealed under | 352 |
section 2953.32 of the Revised Code; | 353 |
(2) If the request received by the superintendent asks for | 354 |
information from the federal bureau of investigation, the | 355 |
superintendent shall request from the federal bureau of | 356 |
investigation any information it has with respect to the person | 357 |
who is the subject of the criminal records check, including | 358 |
fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases | 359 |
as described in 42 U.S.C. 671 if the request is made pursuant to | 360 |
section 2151.86, 5104.012, or 5104.013 of the Revised Code or if | 361 |
any other Revised Code section requires fingerprint-based checks | 362 |
of that nature, and shall review or cause to be reviewed any | 363 |
information the superintendent receives from that bureau. If a | 364 |
request under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code asks only for | 365 |
information from the federal bureau of investigation, the | 366 |
superintendent shall not conduct the review prescribed by division | 367 |
(B)(1) of this section. | 368 |
(3) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee may | 369 |
request criminal history records from other states or the federal | 370 |
government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy | 371 |
compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code. | 372 |
(4) The superintendent shall include in the results of the | 373 |
criminal records check a list or description of the offenses | 374 |
listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), | 375 |
(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), or (12) of this section, whichever | 376 |
division requires the superintendent to conduct the criminal | 377 |
records check. The superintendent shall exclude from the results | 378 |
any information the dissemination of which is prohibited by | 379 |
federal law. | 380 |
(5) The superintendent shall send the results of the criminal | 381 |
records check to the person to whom it is to be sent not later | 382 |
than the following number of days after the date the | 383 |
superintendent receives the request for the criminal records | 384 |
check, the completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of this | 385 |
section, and the set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 386 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section: | 387 |
(a) If the superintendent is required by division (A) of this | 388 |
section (other than division (A)(3) of this section) to conduct | 389 |
the criminal records check, thirty; | 390 |
(b) If the superintendent is required by division (A)(3) of | 391 |
this section to conduct the criminal records check, sixty. | 392 |
(C)(1) The superintendent shall prescribe a form to obtain | 393 |
the information necessary to conduct a criminal records check from | 394 |
any person for whom a criminal records check is to be conducted | 395 |
under this section. The form that the superintendent prescribes | 396 |
pursuant to this division may be in a tangible format, in an | 397 |
electronic format, or in both tangible and electronic formats. | 398 |
(2) The superintendent shall prescribe standard impression | 399 |
sheets to obtain the fingerprint impressions of any person for | 400 |
whom a criminal records check is to be conducted under this | 401 |
section. Any person for whom a records check is to be conducted | 402 |
under this section shall obtain the fingerprint impressions at a | 403 |
county sheriff's office, municipal police department, or any other | 404 |
entity with the ability to make fingerprint impressions on the | 405 |
standard impression sheets prescribed by the superintendent. The | 406 |
office, department, or entity may charge the person a reasonable | 407 |
fee for making the impressions. The standard impression sheets the | 408 |
superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may be in a | 409 |
tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible and | 410 |
electronic formats. | 411 |
(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the | 412 |
superintendent shall prescribe and charge a reasonable fee for | 413 |
providing a criminal records check under this section. The person | 414 |
requesting the criminal records check shall pay the fee prescribed | 415 |
pursuant to this division. In the case of a request under section | 416 |
1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1323.05, 1733.47, 1761.26, | 417 |
2151.33, 2151.412, or 5111.032 of the Revised Code, the fee shall | 418 |
be paid in the manner specified in that section. | 419 |
(4) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 420 |
identification and investigation may prescribe methods of | 421 |
forwarding fingerprint impressions and information necessary to | 422 |
conduct a criminal records check, which methods shall include, but | 423 |
not be limited to, an electronic method. | 424 |
(D) The results of a criminal records check conducted under | 425 |
this section, other than a criminal records check specified in | 426 |
division (A)(7) of this section, are valid for the person who is | 427 |
the subject of the criminal records check for a period of one year | 428 |
from the date upon which the superintendent completes the criminal | 429 |
records check. If during that period the superintendent receives | 430 |
another request for a criminal records check to be conducted under | 431 |
this section for that person, the superintendent shall provide the | 432 |
results from the previous criminal records check of the person at | 433 |
a lower fee than the fee prescribed for the initial criminal | 434 |
records check. | 435 |
(E) When the superintendent receives a request for | 436 |
information from a registered private provider, the superintendent | 437 |
shall proceed as if the request was received from a school | 438 |
district board of education under section 3319.39 of the Revised | 439 |
Code. The superintendent shall apply division (A)(1)(c) of this | 440 |
section to any such request for an applicant who is a teacher. | 441 |
(F)(1) All information regarding the results of a criminal | 442 |
records check conducted under this section that the superintendent | 443 |
reports or sends under division (A)(7) or (9) of this section to | 444 |
the director of public safety, the treasurer of state, or the | 445 |
person, board, or entity that made the request for the criminal | 446 |
records check shall relate to the conviction of the subject | 447 |
person, or the subject person's plea of guilty to, a criminal | 448 |
offense. | 449 |
(2) Division (F)(1) of this section does not limit, restrict, | 450 |
or preclude the superintendent's release of information that | 451 |
relates to an adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, or | 452 |
that relates to a criminal conviction of a person under eighteen | 453 |
years of age if the person's case was transferred back to a | 454 |
juvenile court under division (B)(2) or (3) of section 2152.121 of | 455 |
the Revised Code and the juvenile court imposed a disposition or | 456 |
serious youthful offender disposition upon the person under either | 457 |
division, if either of the following applies with respect to the | 458 |
adjudication or conviction: | 459 |
(a) The adjudication or conviction was for a violation of | 460 |
section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code. | 461 |
(b) The adjudication or conviction was for a sexually | 462 |
oriented offense, as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised | 463 |
Code, the juvenile court was required to classify the child a | 464 |
juvenile offender registrant for that offense under section | 465 |
2152.82, 2152.83, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, and that | 466 |
classification has not been removed. | 467 |
(G) As used in this section: | 468 |
(1) "Criminal records check" means any criminal records check | 469 |
conducted by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 470 |
identification and investigation in accordance with division (B) | 471 |
of this section. | 472 |
(2) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as | 473 |
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. | 474 |
(3) "OVI or OVUAC violation" means a violation of section | 475 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code or a violation of an existing or | 476 |
former law of this state, any other state, or the United States | 477 |
that is substantially equivalent to section 4511.19 of the Revised | 478 |
Code. | 479 |
(4) "Registered private provider" means a nonpublic school or | 480 |
entity registered with the superintendent of public instruction | 481 |
under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code to participate in the | 482 |
autism scholarship program or section 3310.58 of the Revised Code | 483 |
to participate in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship | 484 |
program. | 485 |
Sec. 1181.05. (A) As used in this section, "consumer finance | 486 |
company" means any person required to be licensed or registered | 487 |
under Chapter 1321., 1322., 1323., 4712., 4727., or 4728. or | 488 |
sections 1315.21 to 1315.30 of the Revised Code. | 489 |
(B) Neither the superintendent of financial institutions nor | 490 |
any other employee of the division of financial institutions shall | 491 |
do any of the following: be interested, directly or indirectly, in | 492 |
any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit | 493 |
union, or consumer finance company, that is under the supervision | 494 |
of the superintendent of financial institutions; directly or | 495 |
indirectly borrow money from any such financial institution or | 496 |
company; serve as a director or officer of or be employed by any | 497 |
such financial institution or company; or own an equity interest | 498 |
in any such financial institution or company. For purposes of this | 499 |
section, an equity interest does not include the ownership of an | 500 |
account in a mutual savings and loan association or in a savings | 501 |
bank that does not have permanent stock or the ownership of a | 502 |
share account in a credit union. | 503 |
(C) Subject to division (G) of this section, an employee of | 504 |
the division of financial institutions may retain any extension of | 505 |
credit that otherwise would be prohibited by division (B) of this | 506 |
section if both of the following apply: | 507 |
(1) The employee obtained the extension of credit prior to | 508 |
October 29, 1995, or the commencement of the employee's employment | 509 |
with the division, or as a result of a change in the employee's | 510 |
marital status, the consummation of a merger, acquisition, | 511 |
transfer of assets, or other change in corporate ownership beyond | 512 |
the employee's control, or the sale of the extension of credit in | 513 |
the secondary market or other business transaction beyond the | 514 |
employee's control. | 515 |
(2) The employee liquidates the extension of credit under its | 516 |
original terms and without renegotiation. | 517 |
If the employee chooses to retain the extension of credit, | 518 |
the employee shall immediately provide written notice of the | 519 |
retention to the employee's supervisor. Thereafter, the employee | 520 |
shall be disqualified from participating in any decision, | 521 |
examination, audit, or other action that may affect that | 522 |
particular creditor. | 523 |
(D) Subject to division (G) of this section, an employee of | 524 |
the division of financial institutions may retain any ownership of | 525 |
or beneficial interest in the securities of a financial | 526 |
institution or consumer finance company that is under the | 527 |
supervision of the division of financial institutions, or of a | 528 |
holding company or subsidiary of such a financial institution or | 529 |
company, which ownership or beneficial interest otherwise would be | 530 |
prohibited by division (B) of this section, if the ownership or | 531 |
beneficial interest is acquired by the employee through | 532 |
inheritance or gift, prior to October 29, 1995, or the | 533 |
commencement of the employee's employment with the division, or as | 534 |
a result of a change in the employee's marital status or the | 535 |
consummation of a merger, acquisition, transfer of assets, or | 536 |
other change in corporate ownership beyond the employee's control. | 537 |
If the employee chooses to retain the ownership or beneficial | 538 |
interest, the employee shall immediately provide written notice of | 539 |
the retention to the employee's supervisor. Thereafter, the | 540 |
employee shall be disqualified from participating in any decision, | 541 |
examination, audit, or other action that may affect the issuer of | 542 |
the securities. However, if the ownership of or beneficial | 543 |
interest in the securities and the subsequent disqualification | 544 |
required by this division impair the employee's ability to perform | 545 |
the employee's duties, the employee may be ordered to divest self | 546 |
of the ownership of or beneficial interest in the securities. | 547 |
(E) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, an employee | 548 |
of the division of financial institutions may have an indirect | 549 |
interest in the securities of a financial institution or consumer | 550 |
finance company that is under the supervision of the division of | 551 |
financial institutions, which interest arises through ownership of | 552 |
or beneficial interest in the securities of a publicly held mutual | 553 |
fund or investment trust, if the employee owns or has a beneficial | 554 |
interest in less than five per cent of the securities of the | 555 |
mutual fund or investment trust, and the mutual fund or investment | 556 |
trust is not advised or sponsored by a financial institution or | 557 |
consumer finance company that is under the supervision of the | 558 |
division of financial institutions. If the mutual fund or | 559 |
investment trust is subsequently advised or sponsored by a | 560 |
financial institution or consumer finance company that is under | 561 |
the supervision of the division of financial institutions, the | 562 |
employee shall immediately provide written notice of the ownership | 563 |
of or beneficial interest in the securities to the employee's | 564 |
supervisor. Thereafter, the employee shall be disqualified from | 565 |
participating in any decision, examination, audit, or other action | 566 |
that may affect the financial institution or consumer finance | 567 |
company. However, if the ownership of or beneficial interest in | 568 |
the securities and the subsequent disqualification required by | 569 |
this division impair the employee's ability to perform the | 570 |
employee's duties, the employee may be ordered to divest self of | 571 |
the ownership of or beneficial interest in the securities. | 572 |
(F)(1) For purposes of this section, the interests of an | 573 |
employee's spouse or dependent child arising through the ownership | 574 |
or control of securities shall be considered the interests of the | 575 |
employee, unless the interests are solely the financial interest | 576 |
and responsibility of the spouse or dependent child, the interests | 577 |
are not in any way derived from the income, assets, or activity of | 578 |
the employee, and any financial or economic benefit from the | 579 |
interests is for the personal use of the spouse or dependent | 580 |
child. | 581 |
(2) If an employee's spouse or dependent child obtains | 582 |
interests arising through the ownership or control of securities | 583 |
and, pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section, the interests | 584 |
are not considered the interests of the employee, the employee | 585 |
shall immediately provide written notice of the interests to the | 586 |
employee's supervisor. Thereafter, the employee shall be | 587 |
disqualified from participating in any decision, examination, | 588 |
audit, or other action that may affect the issuer of the | 589 |
securities. | 590 |
(G) For purposes of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, | 591 |
both of the following apply: | 592 |
(1) With respect to any employee of the former division of | 593 |
consumer finance who, on the first day of the first pay period | 594 |
commencing after the effective date of this section, becomes an | 595 |
employee of the division of financial institutions, the employee's | 596 |
employment with the division of financial institutions is deemed | 597 |
to commence on the first day of the first pay period commencing | 598 |
after the effective date of this section. | 599 |
(2) With respect to any employee who, on October 29, 1995, | 600 |
became an employee of the division of financial institutions, the | 601 |
employee may, notwithstanding divisions (C) and (D) of this | 602 |
section, retain any extension of credit by a consumer finance | 603 |
company that was obtained at any time prior to the first day of | 604 |
the first pay period commencing after the effective date of this | 605 |
section, or retain any ownership of or beneficial interest in the | 606 |
securities of a consumer finance company, or of a holding company | 607 |
or subsidiary of such a company, that was acquired at any time | 608 |
prior to the first day of the first pay period commencing after | 609 |
the effective date of this section. If the employee chooses to | 610 |
retain the extension of credit or the ownership or beneficial | 611 |
interest, the employee shall comply with divisions (C) and (D) of | 612 |
this section. | 613 |
Sec. 1181.21. (A) As used in this section, "consumer finance | 614 |
company" has the same meaning as in section 1181.05 of the Revised | 615 |
Code. | 616 |
(B) The superintendent of financial institutions shall see | 617 |
that the laws relating to consumer finance companies are executed | 618 |
and enforced. | 619 |
(C) The deputy superintendent for consumer finance shall be | 620 |
the principal supervisor of consumer finance companies. In that | 621 |
position the deputy superintendent for consumer finance shall, | 622 |
notwithstanding section 1321.421, division (A) of section 1321.76, | 623 |
and sections 1321.07, 1321.55, 1322.06, 1323.12, 4727.05, and | 624 |
4728.05 of the Revised Code, be responsible for conducting | 625 |
examinations and preparing examination reports under those | 626 |
sections. In addition, the deputy superintendent for consumer | 627 |
finance shall, notwithstanding sections 1315.27, 1321.10, 1321.43, | 628 |
1321.54, 1321.77, 1322.12, 1323.11, 4712.14, 4727.13, and 4728.10 | 629 |
of the Revised Code, have the authority to adopt rules and | 630 |
standards in accordance with those sections. In performing or | 631 |
exercising any of the examination, rule-making, or other | 632 |
regulatory functions, powers, or duties vested by this division in | 633 |
the deputy superintendent for consumer finance, the deputy | 634 |
superintendent for consumer finance shall be subject to the | 635 |
control of the superintendent of financial institutions and the | 636 |
director of commerce. | 637 |
Sec. 1321.52. (A)(1) No person, on that person's own behalf | 638 |
or on behalf of any other person, shall do any of the following | 639 |
without having first obtained a certificate of registration from | 640 |
the division of financial institutions: | 641 |
(a) Advertise, solicit, or hold out that the person is | 642 |
engaged in the business of making residential mortgage loans | 643 |
secured by a mortgage on a borrower's real estate which is other | 644 |
than a first lien on the real estate; | 645 |
(b) | 646 |
647 | |
648 |
| 649 |
or who should be licensed under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the | 650 |
Revised Code to conduct the business of making residential | 651 |
mortgage loans; | 652 |
| 653 |
division (C) of this section that are unsecured or are secured by | 654 |
other than real property, which loans are for more than five | 655 |
thousand dollars at a rate of interest greater than permitted by | 656 |
section 1343.01 or other specific provisions of the Revised Code. | 657 |
(2) Each person issued a certificate of registration or | 658 |
license is subject to all the rules prescribed under sections | 659 |
1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. | 660 |
(B)(1) All loans made to persons who at the time are | 661 |
residents of this state are considered as made within this state | 662 |
and subject to the laws of this state, regardless of any statement | 663 |
in the contract or note to the contrary, except as follows: | 664 |
(a) If the loan is primarily secured by a lien on real | 665 |
property in another state and is arranged by a mortgage loan | 666 |
originator licensed by that state, the borrower may by choice of | 667 |
law designate that the transaction be governed by the law where | 668 |
the real property is located if the other state has consumer | 669 |
protection laws covering the borrower that are applicable to the | 670 |
transaction. | 671 |
(b) If the loan is for the purpose of purchasing goods | 672 |
acquired by the borrower when the borrower is outside of this | 673 |
state, the loan may be governed by the laws of the other state. | 674 |
(2) Nothing in division (B)(1) of this section prevents a | 675 |
choice of law or requires registration or licensure of persons | 676 |
outside of this state in a transaction involving the solicitation | 677 |
of residents of this state to obtain non-real estate secured loans | 678 |
that require the borrowers to physically visit a lender's | 679 |
out-of-state office to apply for and obtain the disbursement of | 680 |
loan funds. | 681 |
(C) A registrant may make unsecured loans, loans secured by a | 682 |
mortgage on a borrower's real estate which is a first lien or | 683 |
other than a first lien on the real estate, loans secured by other | 684 |
than real estate, and loans secured by any combination of | 685 |
mortgages and security interests, on terms and conditions provided | 686 |
by sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. | 687 |
(D)(1) If a lender that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 688 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a loan in violation of division | 689 |
(A)(1) of this section, the lender has no right to collect, | 690 |
receive, or retain any interest or charges on that loan. | 691 |
(2) If a registrant applies to the division for a renewal of | 692 |
the registrant's certificate after the date required by division | 693 |
(A)(7) of section 1321.53 of the Revised Code, but prior to the | 694 |
first day of February of that year, and the division approves the | 695 |
application, division (D)(1) of this section does not apply with | 696 |
respect to any loan made by the registrant while the registrant's | 697 |
certificate was expired. | 698 |
(3) If a person's registration under sections 1321.51 to | 699 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code terminates due to nonrenewal or | 700 |
otherwise but the person continues to engage in the business of | 701 |
collecting or servicing non-first lien residential mortgage loans | 702 |
in violation of division (A)(1) of this section, the | 703 |
superintendent of financial institutions may take administrative | 704 |
action, including action on any subsequent application for a | 705 |
certificate of registration. | 706 |
707 | |
708 | |
709 | |
710 | |
711 | |
712 | |
otherwise precludes any other actions or penalties provided by law | 713 |
or modifies a defense of holder in due course that a subsequent | 714 |
purchaser servicing the residential mortgage loan may raise. | 715 |
(E)(1) No individual shall engage in the business of a | 716 |
mortgage loan originator without first obtaining and maintaining | 717 |
annually a license pursuant to section 1321.532 of the Revised | 718 |
Code from the division of financial institutions. A mortgage loan | 719 |
originator shall be employed or associated with a registrant or | 720 |
entity exempt from registration under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 | 721 |
of the Revised Code, but shall not be employed by or associated | 722 |
with more than one registrant or exempt entity at any one time. | 723 |
(2) An individual acting under the individual's authority as | 724 |
a registered mortgage loan originator shall not be required to be | 725 |
licensed under division (E)(1) of this section. | 726 |
(3) An individual who holds a valid temporary mortgage loan | 727 |
originator license issued pursuant to section 1321.537 of the | 728 |
Revised Code may engage in the business of a mortgage loan | 729 |
originator in accordance with sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the | 730 |
Revised Code during the term of the temporary license. | 731 |
(F)(1) Each licensee shall register with, and maintain a | 732 |
valid unique identifier issued by, the nationwide mortgage | 733 |
licensing system and registry. | 734 |
(2) No person shall use a licensee's unique identifier for | 735 |
any purpose other than as set forth in the "Secure and Fair | 736 |
Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, | 737 |
12 U.S.C. 5101. | 738 |
(G)(1) If a person that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 739 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a loan in violation of division | 740 |
(A)(1) | 741 |
that loan, the person is liable to the borrower for any interest | 742 |
paid on that loan to the holder or assignee in excess of the rate | 743 |
that would be applicable in the absence of sections 1321.51 to | 744 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code, in addition to any interest or | 745 |
charges paid on that loan to the unauthorized lender as provided | 746 |
by division (D)(1) of this section. | 747 |
(2) If a person that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 748 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a residential mortgage loan in | 749 |
violation of division (A)(1)(b) | 750 |
subsequently sells or assigns that loan, the lender is liable to | 751 |
the borrower for any interest paid on that loan to the holder or | 752 |
assignee in excess of the rate set forth in division (B)(4) of | 753 |
section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, in addition to any interest | 754 |
or charges paid on that loan to the unauthorized lender as | 755 |
provided by division (D)(1) of this section. | 756 |
Sec. 1323.01. As used in this chapter: | 757 |
(A) "Mortgage servicer" or "servicer" means a person who | 758 |
engages directly or indirectly, whether for compensation, gain for | 759 |
another, or on the person's own behalf, in the business of | 760 |
receiving scheduled periodic payments from a borrower pursuant to | 761 |
the terms of a residential mortgage loan, including amounts | 762 |
received for deposit in an escrow account, and applying those | 763 |
payments received toward principal, interest, and other | 764 |
obligations of the borrower including amounts to be paid from an | 765 |
escrow account. | 766 |
"Mortgage servicer" includes a person who makes or holds a | 767 |
loan if that person also services the loan. | 768 |
"Mortgage servicer" does not include any of the following: | 769 |
(1) The federal deposit insurance corporation or the | 770 |
resolution trust corporation, in connection with assets acquired, | 771 |
assigned, sold, or transferred pursuant to the "Federal Deposit | 772 |
Insurance Corporation Act," 64 Stat. 873 (1950), 12 U.S.C. | 773 |
1823(c), or as receiver or conservator of an insured depository | 774 |
institution; | 775 |
(2) The government national mortgage association, the federal | 776 |
national mortgage association, the federal home loan mortgage | 777 |
corporation, the resolution trust corporation, or the federal | 778 |
deposit insurance corporation, in any case in which the | 779 |
assignment, sale, or transfer of the servicing of the mortgage | 780 |
loan is preceded by: | 781 |
(a) Termination of the contract for servicing the loan for | 782 |
cause; | 783 |
(b) Commencement of proceedings for bankruptcy of the | 784 |
servicer; | 785 |
(c) Commencement of proceedings by the federal deposit | 786 |
insurance corporation or the resolution trust corporation for | 787 |
conservatorship or receivership of the servicer or an entity by | 788 |
which the servicer is owned or controlled. | 789 |
(3) The national credit union administration, in connection | 790 |
with assets acquired, assigned, sold, or transferred pursuant to | 791 |
federal law, or as a receiver or conservator of an insured credit | 792 |
union; | 793 |
(4) Any political subdivision or any public agency of the | 794 |
United States or any state. | 795 |
(B) "Mortgage lender" means a person engaged in the business | 796 |
of making residential mortgage loans for compensation or gain. | 797 |
(C) "Residential mortgage" and "residential mortgage loan" | 798 |
mean an obligation to pay a sum of money evidenced by a note and | 799 |
secured by a lien upon real property located within this state | 800 |
containing four or fewer residential units and includes such an | 801 |
obligation on a residential condominium or cooperative unit. | 802 |
(D) "Employee" means an individual for whom a person pays a | 803 |
wage or salary, pays social security and unemployment taxes, | 804 |
provides workers' compensation coverage, and withholds local, | 805 |
state, and federal income taxes. "Employee" includes any | 806 |
individual who acts as an operations manager of a registered | 807 |
mortgage servicer, but for whom the servicer is prevented by law | 808 |
from making income tax withholdings. | 809 |
(E) "Operations manager" means the employee or owner | 810 |
responsible for the everyday operations, compliance requirements, | 811 |
and management of a registrant or applicant. | 812 |
(F) "Superintendent of financial institutions" or | 813 |
"superintendent" includes the deputy superintendent for consumer | 814 |
finance as provided in section 1181.21 of the Revised Code. | 815 |
(G) "Credit union" means an entity chartered under Chapter | 816 |
1733. of the Revised Code or under similar laws of another state | 817 |
or the United States. "Credit union" includes a credit union | 818 |
service organization consisting of multiple credit unions. | 819 |
Sec. 1323.02. (A) This chapter shall be known as the | 820 |
"residential mortgage servicers registration act." | 821 |
(B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: | 822 |
(1) Any entity that is chartered and lawfully doing business | 823 |
as a bank, savings bank, trust company, savings and loan | 824 |
association, or credit union under the authority of any law of | 825 |
this state, another state, or the United States; | 826 |
(2) Life, property, or casualty insurance companies licensed | 827 |
to do business in this state; | 828 |
(3) Any attorney or law firm acting on behalf of any mortgage | 829 |
note holder or mortgage servicer when acting in connection with | 830 |
the practice of law in this state, except as otherwise provided in | 831 |
division (D) of this section; | 832 |
(4) Any political subdivision, or any governmental or other | 833 |
public agency, corporation, or instrumentality in or of the United | 834 |
States or any state; | 835 |
(5) An institution of higher education as defined in section | 836 |
1713.01 of the Revised Code; | 837 |
(6) A debt collector acting under the name of, and as agent | 838 |
for, a mortgage servicer registrant to collect a debt in default. | 839 |
(C) Mortgage lenders registered under section 1321.52 of the | 840 |
Revised Code and mortgage brokers registered under section 1322.02 | 841 |
of the Revised Code are exempt from the registration requirements | 842 |
of section 1323.03 of the Revised Code but shall comply with | 843 |
divisions (C), (D), (F), and (G) of section 1323.15, and sections | 844 |
1323.16, 1323.17, and 1323.18 of the Revised Code in connection | 845 |
with the servicing of residential mortgage loans. Any violation of | 846 |
these sections is an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of | 847 |
section 1345.02 of the Revised Code and may result in | 848 |
administrative action and penalties the superintendent of | 849 |
financial institutions of the department of commerce imposes | 850 |
pursuant to sections 1321.54 and 1322.10 of the Revised Code. | 851 |
(D) Any attorney or law firm primarily engaged in debt | 852 |
collection shall comply with division (D) of section 1323.15 and | 853 |
section 1323.18 of the Revised Code when acting as a mortgage | 854 |
servicer, notwithstanding the general exemption from this chapter. | 855 |
Any violation by an attorney of division (D) of section 1323.15 or | 856 |
section 1323.18 of the Revised Code, in connection with any debt | 857 |
collection activity that is not considered the practice of law, is | 858 |
deemed to be an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of | 859 |
section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. | 860 |
Sec. 1323.03. (A) No person, on that person's own behalf or | 861 |
on behalf of any other person, shall do either of the following | 862 |
unless that person is registered as a mortgage servicer and has a | 863 |
certificate of registration from the superintendent of financial | 864 |
institutions of the department of commerce: | 865 |
(1) Engage in the business of collecting money, credit, or | 866 |
choses in action for residential mortgage loans or otherwise act | 867 |
as a mortgage servicer; | 868 |
(2) Collect accelerated mortgage payments from a biweekly or | 869 |
other accelerated payment plan that the person operates, arranges, | 870 |
or offers to arrange for compensation or gain in connection with a | 871 |
residential mortgage loan. | 872 |
(B) Any person who acts in willful violation of division (A) | 873 |
of this section, after receiving written notice of the violation | 874 |
from the superintendent or a court, may not collect any amounts as | 875 |
interest or charges on that loan. Any amounts collected shall be | 876 |
credited as a principal reduction to the loan. | 877 |
(C)(1) When a registration expires for any reason and the | 878 |
former registrant continues to service residential mortgage loans | 879 |
in violation of division (A) of this section, the superintendent | 880 |
may take administrative action, including action on any subsequent | 881 |
application for a certificate of registration. | 882 |
(2) A servicer with an expired registration may not collect, | 883 |
charge, or retain any late fee, bad check charge except as | 884 |
incurred, charge related to default, cost to realize on its | 885 |
security interest, or prepayment penalty on any residential | 886 |
mortgage loan unless that servicer applies to the superintendent | 887 |
for a registration renewal and a certificate of registration prior | 888 |
to the first day of August of the year the registration expires | 889 |
and the superintendent approves that application. | 890 |
(D) No person shall conduct the business of a mortgage | 891 |
servicer in association with any exempt business if the | 892 |
superintendent has ordered that exempt business, in writing, to | 893 |
desist from conduct that the superintendent found to be a mere | 894 |
conduit for the mortgage servicer and that the association of the | 895 |
servicer and the exempt business is intended to conceal an evasion | 896 |
of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. Any determination | 897 |
made pursuant to this division shall be made in accordance with | 898 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 899 |
Sec. 1323.04. (A) Any application for registration as a | 900 |
mortgage servicer shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form | 901 |
the superintendent of financial institutions of the department of | 902 |
commerce prescribes. It shall contain an undertaking by the | 903 |
applicant to abide by this chapter and any other information that | 904 |
the superintendent requires. Applicants that are foreign | 905 |
corporations shall obtain and maintain a license pursuant to | 906 |
Chapter 1703. of the Revised Code before seeking registration or | 907 |
registration renewal as a mortgage servicer. | 908 |
(B) Upon an applicant's filing an application and paying a | 909 |
nonrefundable two-hundred-dollar investigation fee, a | 910 |
nonrefundable one-thousand-dollar annual registration fee, and any | 911 |
additional fee required by law, the superintendent shall | 912 |
investigate the relevant facts. If the application requires | 913 |
investigation outside this state, the applicant may be required to | 914 |
advance sufficient funds to pay any of the actual expenses when it | 915 |
appears that these expenses will exceed two hundred dollars. The | 916 |
superintendent shall furnish an itemized statement of any expenses | 917 |
the applicant is required to pay. The superintendent shall not | 918 |
issue any certificate of registration unless all the required fees | 919 |
have been paid. | 920 |
(C) An applicant shall designate an employee or owner who has | 921 |
at least three years' experience in the mortgage, collections, | 922 |
servicing, or lending field as the applicant's operations manager. | 923 |
No operations manager shall be employed by any other mortgage | 924 |
servicer while acting as an operations manager. Any operations | 925 |
manager must be acceptable to the superintendent. | 926 |
(D) The superintendent may consider an application for | 927 |
registration as a mortgage servicer withdrawn if that application | 928 |
does not contain all of the information required under division | 929 |
(A) of this section and the applicant does not submit that | 930 |
information within ninety days after the superintendent requests | 931 |
the information in writing. | 932 |
(E) The superintendent of financial institutions shall | 933 |
deposit any licensing fee, charge, or fine received pursuant to | 934 |
this chapter into the consumer finance fund in the state treasury, | 935 |
created under section 1321.21 of the Revised Code, unless | 936 |
otherwise specified by law. | 937 |
Sec. 1323.05. (A)(1) Any investigation the superintendent of | 938 |
financial institutions of the department of commerce undertakes | 939 |
with respect to an application for registration as a mortgage | 940 |
servicer shall include a civil records check of the applicant, | 941 |
including any individual whose identity is required to be | 942 |
disclosed in the application, and criminal records check at the | 943 |
time of the initial application and every five years thereafter, | 944 |
or upon a change of control of the registrant if the persons | 945 |
acquiring control have not had a criminal records check submitted | 946 |
to the superintendent within the past five years. | 947 |
(2) Where the applicant is a business entity, the | 948 |
superintendent may require a civil and criminal background check | 949 |
of those persons that the superintendent determines have the | 950 |
authority to direct and control the operations of the applicant. | 951 |
(B) When conducting a criminal background check, the | 952 |
superintendent shall request the superintendent of the bureau of | 953 |
criminal identification and investigation, or a vendor the | 954 |
superintendent approves, to conduct a criminal records check based | 955 |
on the applicant's fingerprints or if fingerprints are unreadable, | 956 |
based on the applicant's social security number in accordance with | 957 |
division (A)(8) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. | 958 |
Notwithstanding division (K) of section 121.08 of the Revised | 959 |
Code, the superintendent of financial institutions shall request | 960 |
that criminal record information from the federal bureau of | 961 |
investigation be obtained as part of the criminal records check. | 962 |
(C) The applicant shall pay any fee required under division | 963 |
(C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. | 964 |
Sec. 1323.06. (A) The superintendent of financial | 965 |
institutions of the department of commerce shall issue a | 966 |
certificate of registration as a mortgage servicer to an applicant | 967 |
if the superintendent finds that the applicant's financial | 968 |
responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness command | 969 |
the confidence of the public and warrant the belief that the | 970 |
business will be operated honestly and fairly in compliance with | 971 |
the purposes of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, and | 972 |
that the applicant has the requisite bond or applicable net worth | 973 |
as this chapter requires. | 974 |
(B) Upon finding an applicant does not meet the conditions | 975 |
set forth in this chapter, the superintendent shall issue a notice | 976 |
of intent to deny an application for registration or renewal. The | 977 |
superintendent shall immediately notify the applicant of the | 978 |
denial, the grounds for the denial, and the applicant's | 979 |
opportunity to be heard on the action in accordance with Chapter | 980 |
119. of the Revised Code. | 981 |
(C) Any certificate issued pursuant to this section shall | 982 |
expire on the first day of July next after its issue, and on the | 983 |
first day of July in each succeeding year unless renewed by filing | 984 |
a renewal application and payment of an annual fee and any | 985 |
additional fee required by law, on or before the last day of June | 986 |
of each year. | 987 |
Sec. 1323.07. (A) To renew a registration as a mortgage | 988 |
servicer, a registrant shall timely file a renewal application on | 989 |
a form the superintendent of financial institutions of the | 990 |
department of commerce prescribes, along with any additional | 991 |
information that the superintendent requires. | 992 |
(B) As a condition of renewal, a registrant must provide | 993 |
proof that the designated operations manager meets the criteria | 994 |
for initial approval set forth in section 1323.05 of the Revised | 995 |
Code and that the mortgage servicer meets the minimum standards | 996 |
for the issuance of the certificate of registration under sections | 997 |
1323.04 to 1323.06 of the Revised Code. | 998 |
(C) The superintendent shall not grant any renewal if the | 999 |
applicant's certificate of registration is subject to an order of | 1000 |
suspension, revocation, or an unpaid and past due fine the | 1001 |
superintendent has imposed. | 1002 |
(D) If an application for renewal of a certificate of | 1003 |
registration does not contain all the information this section | 1004 |
requires, and if the registrant does not submit that information | 1005 |
to the superintendent within ninety days after the superintendent | 1006 |
requests the information in writing, the superintendent may | 1007 |
consider the application withdrawn. | 1008 |
Sec. 1323.08. At any time there is a change of five per cent | 1009 |
or more in the ownership of a registrant, the superintendent of | 1010 |
financial institutions of the department of commerce may make any | 1011 |
investigation necessary to determine whether any fact or condition | 1012 |
presently exists that would have warranted the superintendent | 1013 |
denying the original application had the fact or condition existed | 1014 |
at the time of that application. If the superintendent finds such | 1015 |
a fact or condition, the superintendent may revoke the | 1016 |
registrant's registration and certificate pursuant to Chapter 119. | 1017 |
of the Revised Code. | 1018 |
Sec. 1323.09. (A) Each place of business to which borrowers | 1019 |
are regularly directed to remit payment shall display its own | 1020 |
certificate of registration. The superintendent of financial | 1021 |
institutions of the department of commerce may issue additional | 1022 |
certificates of registration to the same person for additional | 1023 |
places of business upon compliance with the requirements governing | 1024 |
the issuance of a single certificate. | 1025 |
(B)(1) Any change in the place of business to a location | 1026 |
outside the original municipal corporation requires a new | 1027 |
certificate of registration. A registrant who makes such a change | 1028 |
of location shall submit a new application, pay the registration | 1029 |
fee and, if the superintendent requires, pay an investigation fee | 1030 |
of two hundred dollars. The registrant must have the new | 1031 |
certificate before operating in the new location. | 1032 |
(2) A registrant who wishes to change its place of business | 1033 |
within the same municipal corporation shall give written notice of | 1034 |
the change in advance to the superintendent, who shall provide a | 1035 |
certificate for the new address without cost. | 1036 |
(C) A registrant that changes its name shall give written | 1037 |
notice of the change to the superintendent prior to acting as a | 1038 |
mortgage servicer under the new name. The superintendent shall | 1039 |
provide a certificate in the new name without cost. | 1040 |
(D) A registrant shall keep each certificate conspicuously | 1041 |
posted in each place of business. A certificate of registration is | 1042 |
not transferable or assignable. | 1043 |
Sec. 1323.10. (A) Any person who acts as a mortgage | 1044 |
servicer, if not bonded pursuant to division (B) of this section, | 1045 |
shall maintain at all times both of the following: | 1046 |
(1) A net worth of at least two hundred fifty thousand | 1047 |
dollars; | 1048 |
(2) For each additional certificate of registration beyond | 1049 |
the first, assets of at least fifty thousand dollars either in use | 1050 |
or readily available for use in the conduct of the business. | 1051 |
(B) Any person acting as a mortgage servicer by arranging | 1052 |
biweekly or other accelerated payment plans and collecting those | 1053 |
payments shall obtain and maintain in effect at all times a | 1054 |
corporate surety bond issued by a bonding company or insurance | 1055 |
company authorized to do business in this state. The servicer | 1056 |
shall file a copy of the bond with the superintendent of financial | 1057 |
institutions of the department of commerce. The bond shall meet | 1058 |
all of the following conditions: | 1059 |
(1) Be in favor of the superintendent; | 1060 |
(2) Have a base penal sum of two hundred fifty thousand | 1061 |
dollars for the first location and an additional penal sum of ten | 1062 |
thousand dollars for each additional location that requires a | 1063 |
separate certificate of registration; | 1064 |
(3) Have a term that coincides with the term of registration; | 1065 |
(4) Be for the exclusive benefit of any individual borrower | 1066 |
injured by any violation of this chapter or the rules adopted | 1067 |
under it by a servicer, its employees, or agent; | 1068 |
(5) Have an aggregate liability of the corporate surety for | 1069 |
any and all breaches of the conditions of the bond not to exceed | 1070 |
the penal sum of the bond. | 1071 |
(C)(1) A mortgage servicer shall give notice to the | 1072 |
superintendent by certified mail of any action that is brought by | 1073 |
a borrower against the servicer alleging injury by a violation of | 1074 |
this chapter and of any judgment that is entered against the | 1075 |
servicer by a borrower injured by that violation. The notice shall | 1076 |
provide details sufficient to identify the action or judgment. The | 1077 |
servicer shall file the notice with the superintendent within ten | 1078 |
days after the commencement of the action or receipt of the notice | 1079 |
of entry of a judgment. | 1080 |
(2) A corporate surety shall give notice of any payment to | 1081 |
the superintendent by certified mail within ten days after it pays | 1082 |
any claim or judgment, with details sufficient to identify the | 1083 |
person and the claim or judgment paid. | 1084 |
(D) Whenever the penal sum of the corporate surety bond is | 1085 |
reduced by one or more recoveries or payments, a servicer shall | 1086 |
furnish a new or additional bond under this section, so that the | 1087 |
total or aggregate penal sum of the bond or bonds equals the sum | 1088 |
required by this section, or shall furnish an endorsement executed | 1089 |
by the corporate surety reinstating the bond to the required penal | 1090 |
sum set forth in division (B) of this section. | 1091 |
(E) The liability of the corporate surety on the bond to the | 1092 |
superintendent and to any borrower injured by a violation of this | 1093 |
chapter is not affected in any way by any misrepresentation, | 1094 |
breach of warranty, or failure to pay the premium, by any act or | 1095 |
omission upon the part of the servicer, by the insolvency or | 1096 |
bankruptcy of the servicer, or by the insolvency of the servicer's | 1097 |
estate. The servicer shall maintain in effect liability for any | 1098 |
act or omission that occurs during the term of the corporate | 1099 |
surety bond for at least two years after the date on which the | 1100 |
corporate surety bond is terminated or canceled. | 1101 |
(F) Neither the servicer nor the corporate surety shall | 1102 |
cancel a corporate surety bond except upon notice to the | 1103 |
superintendent by certified mail, return receipt requested. A | 1104 |
cancellation is not effective until thirty days after the | 1105 |
superintendent receives the notice. | 1106 |
(G) No servicer shall fail to comply with this section. Any | 1107 |
servicer that fails to comply shall cease acting as a mortgage | 1108 |
servicer in this state until that servicer complies with this | 1109 |
section. | 1110 |
Sec. 1323.11. (A) The superintendent of financial | 1111 |
institutions of the department of commerce may adopt, in | 1112 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules to | 1113 |
administer and enforce this chapter and to carry out its purposes. | 1114 |
(B) The superintendent may investigate alleged violations of | 1115 |
this chapter or the rules adopted under it, or complaints | 1116 |
concerning any violation. In conducting an investigation, the | 1117 |
superintendent, by subpoena, may compel witnesses to testify in | 1118 |
relation to any matter over which the superintendent has | 1119 |
jurisdiction, and may require the production or photocopying of | 1120 |
any book, record, or other document pertaining to such matter. If | 1121 |
a person fails to comply with the subpoena, or permit photocopying | 1122 |
of any document subpoenaed, a court of common pleas, upon the | 1123 |
superintendent's application, shall compel obedience by attachment | 1124 |
proceedings for contempt or a refusal to testify. | 1125 |
(C)(1) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, | 1126 |
the superintendent may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any | 1127 |
registration issued under this chapter if the superintendent finds | 1128 |
any of the following: | 1129 |
(a) A violation of or failure to comply with any provision of | 1130 |
this chapter or the rules adopted under it, Chapter 1345. of the | 1131 |
Revised Code, federal debt collection laws, or any other law | 1132 |
applicable to the business the registrant conducts under the | 1133 |
registrant's certificate of registration; | 1134 |
(b) The registrant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or | 1135 |
no contest in a domestic, foreign, or military court to any felony | 1136 |
or any criminal offense involving theft, receiving stolen | 1137 |
property, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, passing bad checks, money | 1138 |
laundering, breach of trust, dishonesty, or drug trafficking, or | 1139 |
any criminal offense involving money or securities; | 1140 |
(c) The registrant's certificate of registration, license, or | 1141 |
comparable authority as a mortgage servicer has been revoked in | 1142 |
any other state. | 1143 |
(2) The superintendent may impose a monetary fine pursuant to | 1144 |
division (F) of this section in addition to, or instead of, any | 1145 |
revocation, suspension, or denial or in settlement of matters | 1146 |
subject to claims under division (C)(1)(a) of this section. | 1147 |
(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 1323.03 of the | 1148 |
Revised Code, the revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a | 1149 |
registration does not impair the obligation of any pre-existing | 1150 |
lawful contract made under this chapter if a mortgage servicer | 1151 |
makes a good faith effort to promptly transfer its collection | 1152 |
rights to a registrant or person exempt from registration. A | 1153 |
servicer that does not make the requisite good faith effort is | 1154 |
subject to additional monetary fines and legal or administrative | 1155 |
action by the superintendent. | 1156 |
(4) Nothing in division (C) of this section limits a court's | 1157 |
ability to impose a cease and desist order preventing any further | 1158 |
business or servicing activity. | 1159 |
(D) The superintendent may apply to the court of common pleas | 1160 |
for an order enjoining any violation of this chapter. Upon a | 1161 |
showing that a person has committed or is about to commit a | 1162 |
violation of this chapter, the court shall grant an injunction, | 1163 |
restraining order, or other appropriate relief. If the application | 1164 |
to a court is for an order enjoining a person from acting as a | 1165 |
registrant or mortgage servicer in violation of division (A) of | 1166 |
section 1323.03 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may | 1167 |
request, and the court may impose, a civil penalty for that | 1168 |
unregistered or unlicensed conduct in an amount not to exceed five | 1169 |
thousand dollars per violation. | 1170 |
(E) The superintendent may issue a cease and desist order if | 1171 |
the superintendent determines that a person is engaged in or may | 1172 |
be engaged in activities that violate this chapter or the rules | 1173 |
adopted under it, after notice and a hearing conducted in | 1174 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. | 1175 |
(F)(1) The superintendent may impose a fine of not more than | 1176 |
one thousand dollars for each day a violation of this chapter or | 1177 |
the rules adopted under it is committed, repeated, or continued. | 1178 |
In determining the amount of a fine to impose, the superintendent | 1179 |
may consider all of the following: | 1180 |
(a) The seriousness of the violation; | 1181 |
(b) The servicer's good faith efforts to prevent the | 1182 |
violation; | 1183 |
(c) The servicer's history regarding violations and | 1184 |
compliance with the superintendent's orders; | 1185 |
(d) The servicer's financial resources; | 1186 |
(e) Any other matters the superintendent considers | 1187 |
appropriate in enforcing this chapter. | 1188 |
(2) Monetary fines imposed under this section do not preclude | 1189 |
any criminal fine described in section 1323.99 of the Revised | 1190 |
Code. | 1191 |
(G) All fines collected pursuant to this section shall be | 1192 |
paid to the treasurer of state to the credit of the consumer | 1193 |
finance fund created in section 1321.21 of the Revised Code. | 1194 |
Sec. 1323.12. (A)(1) A mortgage servicer shall keep separate | 1195 |
records pertaining to each loan serviced. The servicer shall | 1196 |
preserve those records for so long as the servicer has | 1197 |
responsibility for the loan and retain copies of those records for | 1198 |
at least four years even if the servicer transfers the original | 1199 |
copies for any reason. At any time responsibility for the loan is | 1200 |
transferred to another servicer, the servicer who is ceasing | 1201 |
responsibility shall transfer all original loan documents and | 1202 |
records to the servicer who is assuming responsibility for the | 1203 |
loan. Any system of electronic imaging of required records shall | 1204 |
be approved by the superintendent of financial institutions of the | 1205 |
department of commerce prior to its use but at no time shall such | 1206 |
a system be a substitute for maintaining original documents as | 1207 |
this section requires. | 1208 |
(2) As often as necessary, the superintendent may make or | 1209 |
cause to be made an examination of records pertaining to loans | 1210 |
serviced for the purpose of determining whether the servicer is | 1211 |
complying with this chapter and of verifying any registrant's | 1212 |
annual report. | 1213 |
(B)(1) The superintendent may require each servicer to file | 1214 |
each year a report under oath or affirmation, on forms the | 1215 |
superintendent supplies, concerning the business and operations | 1216 |
for the preceding calendar year. A servicer that operates two or | 1217 |
more registered offices or who operates registered offices with | 1218 |
one or more affiliated servicers, may file a composite report of | 1219 |
the group of registered offices in lieu of individual reports. | 1220 |
(2) The reports provided under division (B)(1) of this | 1221 |
section are not public records as defined in section 149.43 of the | 1222 |
Revised Code and are not open to public inspection. | 1223 |
(C)(1) The following information is confidential: | 1224 |
(a) Examination information, and any information leading to | 1225 |
or arising from an examination; | 1226 |
(b) Investigation information, and any information arising | 1227 |
from or leading to an investigation. | 1228 |
(2) The information described in division (C) of this section | 1229 |
is confidential for all purposes except when it is necessary for | 1230 |
the superintendent to take official action regarding the affairs | 1231 |
of a servicer or in connection with criminal or civil proceedings | 1232 |
to be initiated by a prosecuting attorney or the attorney general. | 1233 |
This information may be introduced into evidence or disclosed | 1234 |
pursuant to section 1181.25 of the Revised Code. | 1235 |
(D) All application information is a public record as defined | 1236 |
in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, except social security | 1237 |
numbers, employer identification numbers, financial account | 1238 |
numbers, the identity of the institution where financial accounts | 1239 |
are maintained, personal financial information, fingerprint cards | 1240 |
and the information contained on such cards, and criminal | 1241 |
background information. | 1242 |
(E) Nothing in this section prevents the superintendent from | 1243 |
releasing information relating to servicers or exchanging that | 1244 |
information with other financial institution regulatory | 1245 |
authorities. For this purpose, a "financial institution regulatory | 1246 |
authority" includes a regulator of a business activity in which a | 1247 |
servicer is engaged or has applied to engage, to the extent that | 1248 |
the regulator has jurisdiction over a servicer engaged in that | 1249 |
business activity. A servicer is engaged in a business activity, | 1250 |
and a regulator of that business activity has jurisdiction over | 1251 |
the servicer, whether the servicer conducts the activity directly | 1252 |
or a subsidiary or affiliate of the servicer conducts the | 1253 |
activity. | 1254 |
(F) Nothing in this section prevents the superintendent of | 1255 |
financial institutions from releasing information relating to | 1256 |
mortgage servicers to the attorney general, to the superintendent | 1257 |
of real estate and professional licensing of the department of | 1258 |
commerce for purposes relating to the administration of Chapters | 1259 |
4735. and 4763. of the Revised Code, to the superintendent of | 1260 |
insurance for purposes relating to the administration of Chapter | 1261 |
3953. of the Revised Code, to the commissioner of securities of | 1262 |
the department of commerce for purposes relating to the | 1263 |
administration of Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code, or to local | 1264 |
law enforcement agencies and local prosecutors. Information | 1265 |
released pursuant to this section remains confidential. The | 1266 |
superintendent of financial institutions, by rule, may designate | 1267 |
additional state agencies and regulatory authorities as entities | 1268 |
with which to share this confidential information. | 1269 |
Sec. 1323.13. No person, in connection with any examination | 1270 |
or investigation conducted by the superintendent of financial | 1271 |
institutions of the department of commerce under this chapter, | 1272 |
shall knowingly do any of the following: | 1273 |
(A) Circumvent, interfere with, obstruct, or fail to | 1274 |
cooperate, including making a false or misleading statement, | 1275 |
failing to produce records, or intimidating or suborning any | 1276 |
witness; | 1277 |
(B) Withhold, abstract, remove, mutilate, destroy, or secrete | 1278 |
any books, records, computer records, or other information; | 1279 |
(C) Tamper with, alter, or manufacture any evidence. | 1280 |
Sec. 1323.14. (A) No mortgage servicer, through its | 1281 |
operations manager or otherwise, shall fail to reasonably | 1282 |
supervise persons the servicer employs or associates with, or to | 1283 |
establish reasonable procedures to avoid violations of this | 1284 |
chapter or the rules adopted under it, violations of applicable | 1285 |
state and federal consumer and lending laws or rules by persons | 1286 |
the servicer employs or associates with. | 1287 |
(B) Within ten business days of any change in a mortgage | 1288 |
servicer's statutory agent designation or address, the servicer | 1289 |
shall file with the superintendent of financial institutions of | 1290 |
the department of commerce evidence that the servicer has filed | 1291 |
such changes with the secretary of state. | 1292 |
(C)(1) At least thirty days prior to the closure of a | 1293 |
registered office location, a mortgage servicer shall notify the | 1294 |
superintendent by filing a notice of closure on a form approved by | 1295 |
the superintendent. The notice shall indicate the custodian of the | 1296 |
records and where the records will be maintained. Within five | 1297 |
business days after the closure, the servicer shall surrender the | 1298 |
certificate of registration issued to that location by returning | 1299 |
it to the superintendent. | 1300 |
(2) The closure of an office and the surrender of a | 1301 |
certificate does not affect a mortgage servicer's civil or | 1302 |
criminal liability for acts committed before the surrender. | 1303 |
(D) A mortgage servicer shall maintain books and records in | 1304 |
compliance with this chapter and make them available to the | 1305 |
superintendent of financial institutions of the department of | 1306 |
commerce. After any closure, records remain subject to examination | 1307 |
and or investigation. The servicer shall send the superintendent | 1308 |
written notice of any change in the location of the records or the | 1309 |
custodian of those records. | 1310 |
Sec. 1323.15. (A) No mortgage servicer shall refuse to | 1311 |
provide information regarding the amount required to pay in full a | 1312 |
residential mortgage loan when the borrower or a person the | 1313 |
borrower designates makes that request in writing. The servicer | 1314 |
shall provide the requested payoff statement without charge one | 1315 |
time during any twelve-month period. If additional payoff | 1316 |
statements are requested, the servicer may charge an amount not in | 1317 |
excess of three dollars for each additional statement. The | 1318 |
servicer shall provide any payoff statement within five business | 1319 |
days of the request. | 1320 |
(B) No mortgage servicer shall obtain a certificate of | 1321 |
registration through any false or fraudulent representation of a | 1322 |
material fact or any omission of a material fact required by state | 1323 |
or federal law, or make any substantial misrepresentation in the | 1324 |
registration application. | 1325 |
(C) No mortgage servicer shall make false or misleading | 1326 |
statements of a material fact, omissions of statements required by | 1327 |
state or federal law, or false promises regarding a material fact, | 1328 |
through advertising or other means, or engage in a continued | 1329 |
course of misrepresentations. | 1330 |
(D) No mortgage servicer shall engage in conduct that | 1331 |
constitutes improper, fraudulent, or dishonest dealings. | 1332 |
(E) No mortgage servicer or applicant for registration shall | 1333 |
fail to notify the superintendent of financial institutions of the | 1334 |
department of commerce within thirty days after the servicer or | 1335 |
applicant has: | 1336 |
(1) Been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest in a | 1337 |
domestic, foreign, or military court to any felony; | 1338 |
(2) Been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest in a | 1339 |
domestic, foreign, or military court to any criminal offense | 1340 |
involving theft, receiving stolen property, embezzlement, forgery, | 1341 |
fraud, passing bad checks, money laundering, breach of trust, | 1342 |
dishonesty, or drug trafficking, or any criminal offense involving | 1343 |
money or securities; | 1344 |
(3) Had a mortgage servicer registration, license, or | 1345 |
comparable authority revoked in any other state. | 1346 |
(F) No mortgage servicer shall knowingly make, propose, or | 1347 |
solicit fraudulent, false, or misleading statements on any | 1348 |
mortgage servicing document or on any document related to an | 1349 |
accounting of payments remitted or disbursed. For purposes of this | 1350 |
division, "fraudulent, false, or misleading statements" does not | 1351 |
include mathematical errors, inadvertent transposition of numbers, | 1352 |
typographical errors, or any other bona fide error. | 1353 |
(G) No mortgage servicer shall knowingly instruct, solicit, | 1354 |
propose, or otherwise cause a borrower to sign in blank a | 1355 |
document. | 1356 |
Sec. 1323.16. (A) In addition to the duties imposed by common | 1357 |
law or state or federal law, in the course of servicing | 1358 |
residential mortgage loans in this state, a mortgage servicer | 1359 |
shall do all of the following: | 1360 |
(1) Act with good faith and fair dealing in any transaction, | 1361 |
practice, or course of business associated with servicing; | 1362 |
(2) Act with reasonable skill, care, and diligence; | 1363 |
(3) Act in good faith to provide the borrower with the facts | 1364 |
relating to the nature and extent of any delinquency or default | 1365 |
and the amounts owed or necessary to reinstate the loan or cure | 1366 |
the default; | 1367 |
(4) Subject to the servicer's duties and obligations under | 1368 |
its mortgage servicing contract, attempt a resolution, | 1369 |
modification, or workout to the delinquency of a borrower who | 1370 |
requests assistance; | 1371 |
(5) Make a good faith effort to correct any erroneous | 1372 |
information it has provided to any credit reporting agency; | 1373 |
(6) Provide information regarding the amount required to pay | 1374 |
in full a residential mortgage loan within five business days when | 1375 |
requested by the borrower or by another person designated in | 1376 |
writing by the borrower. The servicer shall provide the requested | 1377 |
payoff statement without charge once during any twelve-month | 1378 |
period. If additional payoff statements are requested, the | 1379 |
servicer may charge an amount not in excess of three dollars for | 1380 |
each additional statement. | 1381 |
(7) Make all payments from any escrow account in a timely | 1382 |
manner, so as to avoid the assessment of late fees, penalties, or | 1383 |
consequential damages, notwithstanding any loan delinquency, | 1384 |
unless there are insufficient funds in the escrow account to cover | 1385 |
the payments; | 1386 |
(8) Accept and credit each residential mortgage loan payment | 1387 |
received on the date received; | 1388 |
(9) Take all steps necessary to terminate a foreclosure | 1389 |
action when the condition giving rise to action has been fully | 1390 |
cured. Upon cure of a default, the servicer shall reinstate the | 1391 |
borrower to the same position as if the default had not occurred, | 1392 |
and nullify, as of the date of the cure, any acceleration of any | 1393 |
obligation under the residential mortgage loan or note arising | 1394 |
from the default. | 1395 |
(10) In addition to the duties enumerated in this chapter, | 1396 |
any mortgage servicer for a government-insured loan shall comply | 1397 |
with the loss mitigation standards and guidelines as required by | 1398 |
the insuring entity. | 1399 |
(B) When establishing a loan modification solution for a | 1400 |
borrower, a mortgage servicer shall seek to achieve long-term | 1401 |
sustainability for the borrower. | 1402 |
Sec. 1323.17. No mortgage servicer shall do any of the | 1403 |
following in connection with a residential mortgage loan: | 1404 |
(A) Collect, charge, or retain any fee from the borrower | 1405 |
unless the fee is reasonable, for a bona fide service rendered, | 1406 |
and specifically authorized by the residential mortgage loan and | 1407 |
permitted by law; | 1408 |
(B) Initiate a foreclosure action without proof of ownership | 1409 |
as evidenced by a declaration signed under penalty of perjury, | 1410 |
stating that the party in interest has reviewed the original note | 1411 |
and all subsequent assignments and has concluded that the party in | 1412 |
interest owns the note or mortgage; | 1413 |
(C) Fail to provide written notice to the borrower before | 1414 |
acquiring and placing hazard, homeowner's, or flood insurance on a | 1415 |
property or acquiring and placing such insurance if the mortgage | 1416 |
servicer knows, or has reason to know, that a policy for such | 1417 |
insurance is in effect; | 1418 |
(D) Acquire and place hazard, homeowner's, or flood insurance | 1419 |
on a property for an amount that exceeds the greater of the | 1420 |
insurable improvements to the property, the last known coverage | 1421 |
amount that was sufficient to meet the borrower's insurance | 1422 |
obligations, or the unpaid balance owed by the borrower; | 1423 |
(E) Fail to refund unearned premiums for insurance the | 1424 |
mortgage servicer or its agents placed upon the borrower, | 1425 |
providing there is reasonable evidence that the needed coverage | 1426 |
had been obtained, the forced placement is not necessary, and the | 1427 |
property is properly insured in accordance with the loan or note. | 1428 |
Sec. 1323.18. (A) No mortgage servicer shall use unfair, | 1429 |
deceptive or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect | 1430 |
any claim in connection with a residential mortgage loan. Without | 1431 |
limiting the general application of the foregoing, the following | 1432 |
actions violate this section: | 1433 |
(1) The collection or the attempt to collect any interest or | 1434 |
other charge, fee, or expense that is incidental to the principal | 1435 |
obligation, unless expressly authorized by the agreement creating | 1436 |
the obligation and by law, including division (A) of section | 1437 |
1323.17 of the Revised Code; | 1438 |
(2) Any communication with a borrower if the mortgage | 1439 |
servicer knows that the borrower is represented by an attorney and | 1440 |
the attorney's name and address are known or could be easily | 1441 |
ascertained. This prohibition does not apply if the borrower's | 1442 |
attorney fails to respond within thirty days to answer | 1443 |
correspondence, return phone calls, or discuss the obligation in | 1444 |
question, or the attorney consents to the servicer having direct | 1445 |
communication with the borrower; | 1446 |
(3) Placing a telephone call or otherwise communicating by | 1447 |
telephone with a borrower or third party, at any place including a | 1448 |
place of employment, and falsely stating that the call is "urgent" | 1449 |
or an "emergency"; | 1450 |
(4) Using profane or obscene language or language that is | 1451 |
intended to unreasonably abuse the listener or reader; | 1452 |
(5) Placing telephone calls without disclosure of the | 1453 |
caller's identity and with the intent to annoy, harass, or | 1454 |
threaten any person at the number called; | 1455 |
(6) Causing expense to any person in the form of long | 1456 |
distance telephone tolls, text messaging fees, or other charges | 1457 |
the servicer causes by concealing the true purpose of the | 1458 |
communication; | 1459 |
(7) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in a | 1460 |
telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously, or at unusual | 1461 |
times or times known to be inconvenient, with the intent to annoy, | 1462 |
abuse, oppress, or threaten any person at the called number. | 1463 |
(B) The requirements set forth in this section are in | 1464 |
addition to any other requirement set forth in federal or state | 1465 |
law regulating the conduct of collection activities, including the | 1466 |
Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 91 Stat. 874 (1977), | 1467 |
15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq. | 1468 |
Sec. 1323.19. (A) No mortgage servicer, in conducting a | 1469 |
mortgage servicer business, shall engage in any unfair, deceptive | 1470 |
or unconscionable act in violation of Chapter 1345. of the Revised | 1471 |
Code. Any violation of the sections set forth in division (C), | 1472 |
(D), (F), or (G) of section 1323.15 or section 1323.16, 1323.17, | 1473 |
or 1323.18 of the Revised Code is an unfair and deceptive act or | 1474 |
practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. The | 1475 |
attorney general may take enforcement action and a borrower may | 1476 |
seek recovery under Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code for the | 1477 |
violations set forth in this division. | 1478 |
(B) A borrower injured by a violation of division (A) of this | 1479 |
section may not recover damages, attorney's fees, and costs under | 1480 |
Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code if the borrower has recovered | 1481 |
damages in a cause of action initiated under section 1323.20 of | 1482 |
the Revised Code and the damages sought under Chapter 1345. of the | 1483 |
Revised Code are based on the same acts or circumstances as the | 1484 |
damages awarded under section 1323.20 of the Revised Code. | 1485 |
Sec. 1323.20. (A) A borrower injured by a violation of this | 1486 |
chapter may recover damages in an amount not less than all | 1487 |
improper charges or fees paid to the mortgage servicer, plus | 1488 |
reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, and also may be | 1489 |
awarded punitive damages. | 1490 |
(B) Nothing in this section prevents recovery under division | 1491 |
(B) or (C)(2) of section 1323.03 of the Revised Code. | 1492 |
(C) A borrower may not recover damages, attorney's fees, or | 1493 |
costs under this section if the borrower also recovered damages in | 1494 |
an action initiated under any section of Chapter 1321. or 1345. of | 1495 |
the Revised Code and the damages so awarded were based on the same | 1496 |
acts or circumstances as the damages sought under this section. | 1497 |
Sec. 1323.99. (A) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of | 1498 |
section 1323.03, or division (F) or (G) of section 1323.15 of the | 1499 |
Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. | 1500 |
(B) Whoever violates section 1323.13 of the Revised Code with | 1501 |
the intent to interfere or obstruct an examination or | 1502 |
investigation is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. | 1503 |
Section 2. That existing sections 109.572, 1181.05, 1181.21, | 1504 |
and 1321.52 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 1505 |
Section 3. Section 1323.03 of the Revised Code takes effect | 1506 |
six months after the effective date of this act. During that | 1507 |
six-month period, the Superintendent of Financial Institutions of | 1508 |
the Department of Commerce may take applications for registration | 1509 |
as a mortgage servicer, process the applications, and issue | 1510 |
certificates of registration as the Superintendent is able. During | 1511 |
that time, no mortgage servicer is required to have a certificate | 1512 |
of registration and the Superintendent is not obligated to issue | 1513 |
certificates until the Superintendent is able. | 1514 |
Section 4. Section 109.572 of the Revised Code is presented | 1515 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 1516 |
Sub. H.B. 487 and Am. Sub. S.B. 337 of the 129th General Assembly. | 1517 |
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division | 1518 |
(B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 1519 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 1520 |
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 1521 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 1522 |
this act. | 1523 |