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Arizona Loan Modification Laws
Arizona Loan Modification Laws
ARIZONA Loan
Modification
Recent revisions to Arizona statutory law re-defined “loan originator.” This
term will now include any person who “on behalf of a borrower, negotiates
with a lender or note holder to obtain a temporary or permanent modification
in an existing residential mortgage loan agreement.” HB 2143, Section 3
amending A.R.S. § 6-991. Beginning on July 1, 2010 Loan Originators must be
licensed. Under Arizona law, a Loan Originator shall not originate a
mortgage loan unless employed by a mortgage broker, mortgage banker, or
consumer lender. HB 2143, Section 5, amending A.R.S. § 6-991.02(13). The
effect of these provisions is that all companies whose owners or employees
offer mortgage loan modification services to customers should immediately
take steps to become licensed as Mortgage Brokers or Mortgage Bankers under
Arizona law.
HB 2143, Section 4 amending A.R.S. § 6-991.01 also provides an exemption
from Loan Originator
licensing for “A licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential
mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney’s
representation of the client unless the attorney is compensated by a lender,
a mortgage broker or any other loan originator or by an agent of the lender,
mortgage broker or other loan originator.”
The Department interprets this “ancillary matter” exemption language to mean
that a lawyer who
negotiates a new loan or a modification of an existing loan as a transaction
that is supplemental or subordinate to other representation or counseling of
a client is exempt from licensure as a loan originator unless he is paid as
described in the statute. On the other hand, a lawyer who is engaged solely
in negotiating loan originations, including loan modifications, is not
exempt from licensure as a loan originator.
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