Louisiana § RS 9:3572.6 - Restrictions; records

§ RS 9:3572.6. Restrictions; records

A.  A loan broker shall broker a consumer loan or federally related mortgage loan only to a lender licensed by the office of financial institutions, or to a supervised financial organization or a lender that is exempt from licensure.

B.(1)  Each loan broker shall maintain a copy of all Federal Disclosure Statements from each loan that he brokers and a copy of the signed "Loan Brokerage Agreement and Disclosure Statement" given to each person pursuant to R.S. 9:3572.11, which shall be available for inspection.

(2)  If the records of the loan broker are located outside this state, the broker shall, at the option of the commissioner, make such records available to the commissioner at a specified location within this state convenient to the commissioner, or the broker shall pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the commissioner to examine the records at the location specified in the records of the office.  The commissioner may designate representatives from his office or, if available and more practical, officials serving in similar capacity in the state in which the records are located to inspect them on his behalf.

C.  Except as specified by this Part, no loan broker may assess, contract for, or receive any type of fee, interest, or other charge in advance, except for expense deposits under conditions specified in this Subsection, from a potential borrower for the procurement of a loan.  A loan broker may accept an advance expense deposit, but such deposit shall not exceed the good faith estimate of the actual cost of any appraisal, title search, credit reports performed by an independent person and required by the originating lender for the evaluation of the potential borrower's loan application, or the actual cost of any charge  of no more than twenty-five dollars assessed to a loan broker by Fannie Mae for "Desktop Underwriter" or Freddie Mac for "Loan Prospector".  Any expense deposit that exceeds the actual cost of any appraisal, title search, credit reports, or charge assessed to a loan broker by Fannie Mae for "Desktop Underwriter" or Freddie Mac for "Loan Prospector" must be promptly refunded to the borrower or credited to the borrower's account at the time of the loan closing.

Acts 1986, No. 729, §1; Acts 1992, No. 353, §1, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1419, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1160, §1; Acts 2003, No. 924, §2.