Kentucky Statutes 286.8-160 – Records to be kept by company — Filing of financial report and correcting amendment — Requirements if business discontinued — Location of records — Request for destruction of records
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(1) Every mortgage loan company and mortgage loan broker shall make and keep such accounts, correspondence, memoranda, papers, books, data, and other records used in the mortgage lending process:
(a) As the commissioner prescribes; or
(b) That are required by federal law.
(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the records governed under this subtitle shall be preserved for such time as the commissioner may by regulation or order require, not to exceed a period of five (5) years after a mortgage loan application is completed, whether approved or rejected, or on mortgage loans paid in full, whichever is longer.
(b) Records shall be held for longer than five (5) years where federal law prescribes or supersedes this section.
(3) Records required to be preserved under this subtitle:
(a) May be kept in an electronic retrievable format, or other similar form of medium, that is readily accessible to examination, investigation, and inspection by the commissioner; and
(b) Shall not be maintained at any alternate work location.
(4) Every mortgage loan company and mortgage loan broker shall file financial reports as the commissioner prescribes.
(5) If the information contained in any document filed with the commissioner is or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, the person who filed the document shall promptly file a correcting amendment.
(6) Any person who ceases operating as a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker under the provisions of this subtitle shall, prior to the discontinuance of business in the residential mortgage lending process, notify the commissioner of the physical location where the records required to be kept under this subtitle will be preserved. The records shall be made accessible to the commissioner upon five (5) business days’ written notice.
(7) (a) Any person who ceases operating as a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker under the provisions of this subtitle shall designate a custodian of records and notify the commissioner of the name, physical address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of the custodian of records.
(b) The custodian of records shall preserve all records required under this subtitle and allow the commissioner access to the records for examination and investigation upon demand.
(8) Records may be maintained by a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker at a location other than within this Commonwealth, so long as they are made accessible to the commissioner upon five (5) business days’ written notice.
(9) The commissioner may approve a written request for the destruction of records
required to be preserved under this subtitle prior to the minimum retention period described in subsection (2) of this section.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 781, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 13, effective April 24, 2008. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec.
13, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 461, sec. 17, effective
July 15, 1986. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.160.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.
(a) As the commissioner prescribes; or
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.8-160
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Financial
Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010 - Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
- Mortgage loan: means any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on residential real property or any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by collateral that has a mortgage lien interest in residential real property. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
- Mortgage loan broker: means any person who for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or other gain, received directly or indirectly, serves as an agent for any borrower in an attempt to obtain a mortgage loan, or holds oneself out as being able to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
- Mortgage loan company: means any person who directly or indirectly:
(a) Makes, purchases, or sells mortgage loans, or holds oneself out as being able to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010 - Person: means a natural person, or any type or form of corporation, company, partnership, proprietorship, association, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
- Physical location: means any location where the mortgage lending process, including the servicing of mortgage loans, is conducted. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) That are required by federal law.
(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the records governed under this subtitle shall be preserved for such time as the commissioner may by regulation or order require, not to exceed a period of five (5) years after a mortgage loan application is completed, whether approved or rejected, or on mortgage loans paid in full, whichever is longer.
(b) Records shall be held for longer than five (5) years where federal law prescribes or supersedes this section.
(3) Records required to be preserved under this subtitle:
(a) May be kept in an electronic retrievable format, or other similar form of medium, that is readily accessible to examination, investigation, and inspection by the commissioner; and
(b) Shall not be maintained at any alternate work location.
(4) Every mortgage loan company and mortgage loan broker shall file financial reports as the commissioner prescribes.
(5) If the information contained in any document filed with the commissioner is or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, the person who filed the document shall promptly file a correcting amendment.
(6) Any person who ceases operating as a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker under the provisions of this subtitle shall, prior to the discontinuance of business in the residential mortgage lending process, notify the commissioner of the physical location where the records required to be kept under this subtitle will be preserved. The records shall be made accessible to the commissioner upon five (5) business days’ written notice.
(7) (a) Any person who ceases operating as a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker under the provisions of this subtitle shall designate a custodian of records and notify the commissioner of the name, physical address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of the custodian of records.
(b) The custodian of records shall preserve all records required under this subtitle and allow the commissioner access to the records for examination and investigation upon demand.
(8) Records may be maintained by a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker at a location other than within this Commonwealth, so long as they are made accessible to the commissioner upon five (5) business days’ written notice.
(9) The commissioner may approve a written request for the destruction of records
required to be preserved under this subtitle prior to the minimum retention period described in subsection (2) of this section.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 781, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 13, effective April 24, 2008. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec.
13, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 461, sec. 17, effective
July 15, 1986. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.160.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.