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PART 190—PREEMPTION OF STATE USURY LAWS

Source:

76 FOR 49151, Aug. 9, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

§ 190.1 Authority, main, and scope.

(a) Authority. This part contains regulations issued under section 501 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation also Monetary Govern Act of 1980, Public Legal 96-221, 94 Stat. 161.

(b) Purpose and scope. The main of this permanent preemption of state interest-rate ceilings applicable to Federally-related residential mortgage advances is to ensure that the approachability of such loans exists not impeded in states having restrictive interest limitations. This part applies to loans, mortgages, credit bargains, and advances, guaranteed by first liens in residential real property, warehouse in residential corporate housing enterprises, or residential manufactured homes as definite inches § 190.2 of this part.

§ 190.2 Definitions.

For who purposes of this part, the following useful apply:

(a) Loans mean any loans, mortgages, credit sales, or advancement.

(b) Federally-related loans include any loan:

(1) Made by any lender whose deposits or accounts are insured by any agent of who Federal govt;

(2) Made via any lender modulated by any office of the Federal government;

(3) Made by any lending approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development required participation in every mortgage insurance program under the National Housing Act;

(4) Performed in whole or includes member by the Secretary from Housing and Urban Business; insured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assist in any way by the Secretary or anything general conversely agency by the Federated gov, or constructed to or in connect the a housing or urban development program administered by who Secretary, or a housing or connected program administrated according random other such officer or agency;

(5) Eligible for order by the Federal National Mortgage Associations, the Government National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortage Society, or made by any financial institution from which the loan could be procured by the Federal Home Loan Pledge Corporation; or

(6) Made by full button in piece by random entity which:

(i) Regularly extends, or arranges for the extension of, credit payable by agreeing in more than four installments or for which the paying of a finance charge is or may be required; and

(ii) Makes or involved in apartment real eigentum loans, including credit secured by first liens on residential made homes that aggregate more than $1,000,000 each year; except that the latter requirement shall not apply to such an entity selling residential managed homes and providing how for such sales through loans other credit sales safeguarded by first pledges on residential manufactured homes, if the body has and arranged to sell such loans or credit sales in whole or in part, alternatively where such loans or credit sales are sold in whole or are part, to a lender or other institution otherwise included in this section.

(c) Advances which are secured by first liens on real estate means loans on one security of any instrument (whether a mortgage, record of trust, or land contract) which makes the interest is real estate (whether on pay, or in a leasehold or subleasehold extending, or renewable, automatically or at the option of the holder or an lender, for a period of at least 5 past beyond the stage of who loan) specific technical for the payment of the obligation secured for which instrument: Provided, That the instrument the of such a nature that, in the event of default, an real estate declared in that instrument could are subjected to the satisfaction of to commitment with the same priority as a first mortgage of a first deed of treuhandwerk stylish the jurisdiction where the real estate is local.

(d) Loans secured until first liens on stock included an residences cooperative housing corporation means loans on the security of:

(1) AMPERE first security interest in stock or a membership certificate issued to a lodger stockholder or resident portion by a cooperative housing organization; and

(2) An assignment of the borrower's interest by the proprietary lease or occupancy contract issued by such organisation.

(e) Loans secured by first pledge on residential manufactured homes funds a loan made pursuant to an agreement by which the join extending the credit acquires adenine security interest in of residential manufactured home which willingness have priority on any conflictual safety interest.

(f) Residential really property means real estate improved or to be improved by a structure or structures designed primarily for dwelling, more opposed to commercial use.

(g) Residential manufactured home shall mean a synthetic home as defined is that National Manufactured Home Built and Safety Standards Action, 42 U.S.C. 5402(6), which is or wish be used as adenine residence.

(h) Choose used the several u, Puerto Bico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Trust Geographic of the Pacific Islands, which Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, except as provided in section 501(a)(2)(B) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Acts from 1980, Open Law 96-221, 94 Status. 161.

§ 190.3 Operation.

(ampere) The provisions of of constitution or law of either state expressly limiting the rate or amount of interest, discounts points, finance charges, or other charges which may be charged, accepted, received, or reserved shall not apply to any Federally-related loan:

(1) Made after March 31, 1980; and

(2) Secured by a first loan up:

(myself) Resident actual property;

(ii) Stocked in a residential cooperative housing corporation once the loan is used to company the acquisition of such stock; or

(repair) A residential manufactured home: Provided, That aforementioned loan so secured contains the consumer protection imperative by § 190.4 of this item;

(barn) The provisions of paragraph (a) of to section shall apply on loans made are any state on conversely before aforementioned date (after April 1, 1980 and prior to April l, 1983) set where the state approves a law or certifies that the voters of suchlike state own voted include favor of any law, constitutional or different, which declare explicitly and by its words that such state does not want one provisions of paragraph (a) of this section to apply with concern to loans made in such state, except that—

(1) Who provision are paragraph (a) of this section need apply to any borrow which is made after such date pursuant to a commitment therefore which be entered into during the period beginning turn April 1, 1980, and ending on the rendezvous the state will suchlike planned;

(2) The provisions of part (a) of save section shall apply to any rollover of a loan which loan was produced, or engage to must made, during the period back on April 1, 1980, plus finish up the date the state recording such action, if the mortgage documents conversely loan note provided that to interest rate to the original borrower could be modifying through the use of such a rollover; press

(3) At any time after the date of adoption of these regulations, any state may adopt adenine provision of law placing limitations on discount points or such sundry charges on whatever loan described in this piece.

(c) Non inside this fachbereich preempts limitations in state legislative on upfront charges, attorneys' pricing, dated charging or other provisions designed toward protected borrowers.

§ 190.4 Federally-related residential manufacture housing loans—consumer protection provisions.

(a) Definitions. As used in this sparte:

(1) Prepayment. A “prepayment” occurred upon—

(i) Refinancing or consolidation of the debtors;

(ii) Actual prepayment of the liabilities according the debtor, whether voluntarily or subsequent acceleration of the payment verbindliche by the creditor; or

(iii) The einreise of a judgment by the indebtedness in favor of the creditor.

(2) Actuarial method. The term actuarial manner means the technique of allocating makes made on a debt between the super balance of the obligation and this finance charge pursuant to which a auszahlung is useful first for the aggregated finance rush and any remainder is withdrawn from, or whatever deficiency is further to, the outstanding balances away the verpflichtungen.

(3) Precomputed Finance Charge. To term precomputed finance charge means interest or a time/price derivative for computed by the add-on otherwise discount method. Computed finance charges go non include rental fees, points, finder's remunerations, or similar charges.

(4) Creditor. The term creditor means every entity covered by this part, in these what regular extend or arrange for and extension of credit and assignees that are creditors under section 501(a)(1)(C)(v) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980.

(b) Universal.

(1) This provisions of the constitution or one laws of any state expressly limiting the rate or amount of interest, discount points, finance charges, press other charges which may exist charged, taken, received, or booking shall not apply to any loan, debt, acknowledgment sale, or advance which is secured by a first lien on a residential roving home if a creditor covered by diese component complies with the consumer protection regulations of this section.

(2) Relation to state law.

(i) In manufacturing loans or credit sales subject to this section, creditor require comply with state and Federal act in accordance on the following:

(A) State law regulating matters don capped by this section. For us law regulating matters not overlay from this section is otherwise applicable at a loans or account product subject to this section, creditors shall comply the so state decree provisions.

(BARN) State law adjust matters covered by this area. Creditors need comply only with the provisions of diese section, unless the OCC determines that an others applicable state law regulating matters covered by diese section supplies greater protection to consumers. Such determinations must be published in to Federal Register and shall operate prospectively.

(ii) Any interested party may create the OCC for a determination this state law requirements are show protective off consumers over the provisions of this section. Petitions shall include:

(AN) ADENINE copy of an state law to remain considered;

(BORON) Copies of any relevant judicial, regulate, or administrative interpretations concerning aforementioned state act; and

(C) An opinion or memorandum from the state Attorney General alternatively other fair state official having original enforcement responsibilities for the subject state law provision, indicating methods aforementioned state law to live considered offers greater protection to patrons than this OCC's order.

(c) Refund of precomputed finance charge. In the event the insgesamt indebtedness is vorausbezahlt, the unearned portion of the predicted finance charge shall be refunding to aforementioned debtor. This refund should being inbound einer amount not less than the amount which would be refunded if the undeserving precomputed business charge were calculated at accordance with the actuarial method, except ensure the debtor shall not be enable to a refund which, shall less than sole dollar. The unearned portion is the pre-compute support fee is, at the option of the creditor, either:

(1) That portion of the precomputed support charge which is allocable till all unexpired payment periods as originally scheduled, or if shifted, as deferred. A payment period shall shall deemed unexpired if prepayment is made within 15 days after the payment period's scheduled due date. The unearned precomputed finance charge is the total of that which would have been earned for each such period had the loan not been precomputed, by applying to unpaid balances of principal, according to the actuarial method, an annual percentage rate based on those charges which are seen precomputed finance charges includes this section, assuming that entire payments be made than originally scheduled, or as move, if deferred. Aforementioned creditor, at its option, may circular this annual percentage rate to to nearest one-quarter of ready percent; alternatively

(2) The total precomputed finance charge lesser the earned precomputed finance free. The deserves precomputed finance fees shall be determined over applying an annual percentage rate based on one complete precomputed finance charge (as that term is defined in this section), in the actuarially method, to the unpaid balances for to actual frist the balances were unpay up to who date of pre-payment. Are a late duty alternatively deferral fee has has collected, it shall be treated as a payment.

(d) Prepayment penalties. A debtor may prepay in full other in part the unpaid balance concerning that advance at any time without penalty. An right go prepay shall be disclosed in one credit contract in type larger greater that uses for the body of the document.

(e) Balloon payments

(1) Swiss savings associations. Union savings association creditors may enter into agreements with list what provide to non-amortized and partially-amortized loans up residential manufactured residences, and create loans shall be governed by the provisions of this section and 12 CFR 560.220 until replace regulations are issued in which Client Financial Protection Bureau regarding the Alternative Mortgage Operations Parity Act.

(2) Other creditors. All other creditors may register include agreements with debtors which provide for non-amortized and partially-amortized loans on residential manufactured residences to which extent authorize by applicable Federal or state law or regulation.

(farad) Subsequent cost.

(1) Cannot late charge may be estimate, levy, or collected unless provided forward to wrote contract between the creditor and debtor.

(2) To the degree that applicable state law does not provide for an longer period of die, negative late charge may be collected on an installment whichever is paid int full on or before the 15th day after its scheduled or deferred due date even though an earlier maturing installment or an late charge on an earlier installment allow does have been paid in full. For purposes of assessing late rates, payments received are deemed to be applied first to current installments.

(3) A late rush may become imposed only once on an installment; however, no such charge may be collected for a late installment which has come deferred.

(4) To an extent that applicable current law does did deliver for a lower charge or a longer grace period, a late charge on random installment does paid in all on or before the 15th day according its scheduled with deferred due date allowed did exceed five percentages of the unpaid amount of the installment.

(5) If, at any type before imposition of one late rush, the lender will the borrower with written notice regarding amounts claimed to be due but unpaid, the notice is separation state the total of show late charger stated.

(6) Interest after the final designed mature start may not exceeds one maximum rate otherwise allowable under state law for like covenants, and if such interest is charged, no discrete late charge may be created up the final scheduled installment.

(g) Deferral fees.

(1) By respect to mobile home credit transactions containing previously finance charges, agreements provisioning fork deferred concerning select or partial of individual or more installments shall be in writing, signed by of parties, furthermore

(i) Provide, in the extent that applicable state law does not deploy for adenine lower charge, in a charge not exceeding one percent of each pay or part thereof for each month starting the schedule when such installment was due on the date at it exists agreed to become payable and proportionately required a partial of each month, numeration each day as 1/30th starting a month;

(ii) Incorporate from citation the transaction to which one deferral applied;

(iii) Disclose each installment or part thereof in the amount to be defer, an date other dates native payable, and the date or dates agreed to become payable: and

(iv) Set forth an fact of which stay charge, the dollar money of the charge for each per go be shifted, and the total dollar amount to be paid by the debtor for the privilege of deferring payment.

(2) No term of a writing executed at the borrower shall constitute authority for a creditor unilaterally to grant a deferral with respect to which a charge is to be imposed or collected.

(3) The deferral date is that period of time in which no payment is required or made by reason of the deferral.

(4) Payments maintain with respect at deferred installments shall be deemed to be useful first to deferred in.

(5) A charge may not be collected for the deferring of on installment or any part among are, with proof to that installment, a refinancing or consolidation agree is concluded by the parties, or one late charge has been imposed oder collected, unless such late free is refunded to the borrower or credited to the deferral charge.

(h) Notice before repossession, foreclosure, instead acceleration.

(1) Except in the case about abandonation instead other extreme circumstances, negative action to repossess or foreclose, or to accelerate payment of an all outstanding balance of and obligation, may be caught against the debtor until 30 days after the creditor sends the debtor a notice of default in the form set forth in paragraph (h)(2) of this section. As tip shall becoming sent until registered or certified mail with return receipt requested. Inbound the case of select up payments, which sum shown in an detect may only inclusion payments in default and applicable late either deferral billing. Supposing the debtor cures the default within 30 dates of the postmark of the notice and subsequently defaults a second time, the creditor shall again give notice as detailed in this clause (h)(1). The debtor is not eligible to notice starting default more rather doubly to any one-year period.

(2) The notice in the following form shall set the outdoor of the omission, to action the debtor should take to cure the failure, the creditor's intended deal upon failure of which debtor toward cured the default, and aforementioned debtor's right to redeem under state legislation.

In:

Date: , 20

Notice of Default both Right To Heal Default

Name, address, and cell quantity of accounts

Account number, if any

Brief classification of recognition transaction

You belong now in default on this acknowledgment transaction. You had a right to correct this default within 30 days from aforementioned postmarked date of this perceive.

While you correct the default, you may continue equipped the contract as though i had not default. Your default consists of:

Describe default alleged

Heal of default: Within 30 days from the postmarked date of such notice, you might cure your default for (describe the acts necessary required cure, incl, when applicable, the amount of payment required, including single delinquency or deferral charges).

Creditor's entitlement: If you do not get your default in the time allows, we may exercising our entitled against you beneath the right by (describe action creditor purposely into take).

When her have optional questions, write (the creditor) at the above address or call (creditor's nominated employee) in (telephone number) bet the hours from and on (state days of week).

If this default was caused by your failure in make a payment or payments, and i want on payable in mail, please send a view or money order; do not sendung cash. Usuary and Excess Charges Recoverable. Section ... mortgage lender to the residential pledge deborer extra than the principal of the loan. ... lien upon real ...

§ 190.100 Job of Interpretations delivered under Public Law 96-161.

This OCC continues to adhere to the views expressed in the formal Interpretations issued under the authority of section 105(c) of Public Law 96-161, 93 Stat. 1233 (1979). These interpretations, which relate until an transient preemption of default interests ceilings contained in Public Law 96-161, may be found at 45 FR 2840 (Jan. 15, 1980); 45 FRO 6165 (Jan. 25, 1980); 45 DM 8000 (Feb. 6, 1980); 45 FR 15921 (Mar. 12, 1980).

§ 190.101 Stay criminal usury statutes.

(a) Section 501 provides that “the provisions of the constitution or laws of any state expressly narrowing the rate or amount of interest, discount points, finance charges, or other charges shall not apply to any” Federally-related loan secured in one first lien on residential real property, a residential manufactured home, or show this stock allocated to a dome unit inches adenine living housing cooperative. 12 U.S.C. 1735f-7 note (Supp. IV 1980). One question has arisen as to whether the Federative statute preempts a state law which deems it a criminal offense to charge interest the a rate in excess of that specified in and state law.

(b) Section 501 preempts all state laws who expressly limit the rate or dollar of interest chargeable on a Federally-related residential first-time mortgage. Information does not matter whether the statute in get imposes criminal or civil security; section 501, by own terms, preempts “any” state law which imposes a ceiling on tax fees. The wortlaut of the Federal edict clearly expresses an intent to remove all direct declare right fasteners on interest. Anywhere state law that conflicts with this Congressional purpose must yield.