1321.593 Duties and standards of care. - Ohio Statutes

1321.593 Duties and standards of care.

(A) A registrant, licensee, and any person required to be registered or licensed under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code shall, in connection with the business of making or offering to make residential mortgage loans, do all of the following:

(1)Safeguard and account for any money handled for the borrower;

(2)Follow reasonable and lawful instructions from the borrower;

(3)Act with reasonable skill, care, and diligence;

(4)Act in good faith and with fair dealing in any transaction, practice, or course of business in connection with making or originating any residential mortgage loan under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code.

(B) Division (A) of this section shall not apply to wholesale lenders. However, wholesale lender registrants are subject to all other requirements applicable to registrants. For purposes of this division, “wholesale lender” means a company that has been issued a certificate of registration and that enters into transactions with borrowers exclusively through unaffiliated third-party mortgage brokers or lenders.

(C) The duties and standards of care created in this section cannot be waived or modified.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

See 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, §745.60.