Tex. Finance Code § 157.0021
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 157.0021, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 157.0021. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A mortgage banker that is a residential mortgage loan originator shall include a notice to a residential mortgage loan applicant with an application for a residential mortgage loan. The finance commission by rule shall adopt a standard disclosure form to be used by the mortgage banker. The form must:
(1) include the name, address, and toll-free telephone number for the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending;
(2) contain information on how to file a complaint or recovery fund claim; and
(3) prescribe a method for proof of delivery to the consumer.
(b) A mortgage banker that indicates in its registration that it acts as a residential mortgage loan servicer shall provide to the borrower of each residential mortgage loan it services the following notice not later than the 30th day after the date the mortgage banker commences servicing the loan:
"COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SERVICING OF YOUR MORTGAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING, ______________________________ (street address of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending). A TOLL-FREE CONSUMER HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE AT _______________ (telephone number of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending's toll-free consumer hotline)."
(1) include the name, address, and toll-free telephone number for the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending;
(2) contain information on how to file a complaint or recovery fund claim; and
(3) prescribe a method for proof of delivery to the consumer.
(b) A mortgage banker that indicates in its registration that it acts as a residential mortgage loan servicer shall provide to the borrower of each residential mortgage loan it services the following notice not later than the 30th day after the date the mortgage banker commences servicing the loan:
"COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SERVICING OF YOUR MORTGAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING, ______________________________ (street address of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending). A TOLL-FREE CONSUMER HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE AT _______________ (telephone number of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending's toll-free consumer hotline)."
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