§ 325N.10 — Definitions
Plain-Language Summary
This section addresses additional protections for homeowners facing foreclosure. It covers specific rules about foreclosure rescue services and equity purchasing transactions.
325N.10 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325N.10 to 325N.18, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. §
Subd. 2.Owner.
“Owner” has the meaning given in section 325N.01, paragraph (g). §
Subd. 3.Property reconveyance.
“Property reconveyance” has the meaning given in section 325N.01, paragraph (c). §
Subd. 4.Equity purchaser.
“Equity purchaser” means a person that has acted as the acquirer in a property reconveyance. Equity purchaser also includes a person that has acted in joint venture or joint enterprise with one or more acquirers in a property reconveyance. An equity purchaser does not include: (i) a natural person who shows that the natural person is not in the business of equity purchasing and has a prior personal relationship with the homeowner of the covered residence, unless a showing of fraud under section 325F.69, subdivision 1, has been made, or (ii) a federal or state chartered bank, savings bank, thrift, or credit union. §
Subd. 5.Resale.
“Resale” means a bona fide market sale of the property subject to the property reconveyance by the equity purchaser to an unaffiliated third party. §
Subd. 6.Resale price.
“Resale price” means the gross sale price of the property on resale. §
Subd. 7.Covered residence.
“Covered residence” has the meaning given in section 325N.01, paragraph (f).
History:
2004 c 263 s 10,26; 2007 c 106 s 4-6,22; 2008 c 341 art 5 s 23; 2015 c 44 s 33,34; 2015 c 50 s 2,3; 2021 c 7 s 11-15
History: History: 2004 c 263 s 10,26; 2007 c 106 s 4-6,22; 2008 c 341 art 5 s 23; 2015 c 44 s 33,34; 2015 c 50 s 2,3; 2021 c 7 s 11-15