Connecticut § 49-10a - Request for payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement.

§ 49-10a. Request for payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement.

Sec. 49-10a. Request for payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement. (a) A mortgagee shall, upon written request of the mortgagor or the mortgagor's attorney or other authorized agent provide a payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement in writing to the person requesting the payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement on or before the date specified in such request, provided such request date is at least seven business days after the date of receipt of the written request. If the request is made in connection with a default, the mortgagor's attorney may make such written request directly to the mortgagee, provided such written request contains a representation that the person requesting the payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement is the mortgagor's attorney and that the mortgagor has authorized the request.

(b) If the mortgagee fails to provide the payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement on or before such request date, the mortgagee shall not be entitled to the payment of any interest on the mortgage loan which is secured by such mortgage which accrues after the expiration of such request date. If the mortgagee provides the payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement to the person requesting such statement after the expiration of such request date, interest on the mortgage loan which accrues after the receipt of the payoff statement or the reinstatement payment statement by the person who has requested it shall again be payable. The burden of proof shall be on the mortgagor with respect to the receipt by the mortgagee of the mortgagor's request for a payoff statement or a reinstatement payment statement of the mortgage loan, and thereafter shall be on the mortgagee with respect to the receipt of the payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement by the mortgagor or the mortgagor's attorney or other authorized agent.

(c) The mortgagee shall not impose any fee or charge for the first payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement requested within a calendar year, unless the mortgagor or the mortgagor's attorney or other authorized agent requests expedited delivery of such statement, agrees to pay a fee for such expedited delivery and the statement is provided by the agreed upon date.

(d) For the purposes of this section, “reinstatement payment statement” means a statement setting forth the total sum owed by a mortgagor to a mortgagee, which, if paid, will cause the loan to be reinstated, provided any other contractual conditions for reinstatement are satisfied.

(e) Nothing in this section shall create an obligation on the part of the mortgagee to provide a reinstatement payment statement if a right to cure the payment default and reinstate the mortgage loan does not exist under the mortgage loan documents or at law.

(P.A. 83-564, S. 2; P.A. 86-341, S. 2; P.A. 95-102, S. 3; P.A. 01-34, S. 15; P.A. 07-210, S. 2; P.A. 08-58, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 86-341 deleted former provisions and added new provision re request for payoff statement for mortgage on real estate located in this state which has been assigned; P.A. 95-102 deleted condition limiting applicability of provisions to assignments of mortgages on real estate located within state; P.A. 01-34 added provisions re fee or charge for the first payoff statement provided in a calendar year; P.A. 07-210 inserted Subsec. designators (a), (b) and (c), amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes and add provision authorizing mortgagor's attorney to make written request directly to mortgagee if request is made in connection with a default and contains a representation that the requester is mortgagor's attorney and mortgagor has authorized request, and amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes; P.A. 08-58 added provisions re reinstatement payment statements, made conforming changes, amended Subsec. (a) to change request date requirement from 10 to 7 business days and added Subsec. (d) re definition of “reinstatement payment statement” and Subsec. (e) re limitation on provision of reinstatement payment statement when right to cure payment default and reinstate mortgage loan does not exist.