Mortgage Loans
Cal. CIV § 1921
California Statutes
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a) As used in this section: (1) “Adjustable-rate residential mortgage loan” means any loan or credit sale which is primarily for personal, family, or household purposes which bears interest at a rate subject to change during the term of the loan, whether predetermined or otherwise, and which is made upon the security of real property containing not less than one nor more than four dwelling units. (2) “Lender” means any person, association, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, or other business entity making, in any 12-month period, more than loans or credit sales upon the security of residential real property containing not less than one nor more than four dwelling units. (
b) Any lender offering adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans shall provide to prospective borrowers a copy of the most recent available publication of the Federal Reserve Board that is designed to provide the public with descriptive information concerning adjustable-rate mortgages (currently entitled “Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages”), either upon the prospective borrower’s request or at the same time the lender first provides written information, other than direct-mail advertising, concerning any adjustable-rate residential mortgage loan or credit sale to the prospective borrower, whichever is earlier. Any lender who fails to comply with the requirements of this
section may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction and shall be liable for actual damages, the costs of the action, and reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court. The court may make those orders as may be necessary to prevent future violations of this section. (
c) A lender that makes adjustable-rate mortgage loan disclosures pursuant to either Part of
Chapter I of, or Part of
Chapter V of, Title of the Code of Federal Regulations, may comply with this
section by providing the descriptive information required by subdivision (
b) at the same time and under the same circumstances that it makes disclosures in accordance with those federal regulations. Such a lender shall also display and make the descriptive information available to the public in an area of the lender’s office that is open to the public.