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24-5.5-5-5. Foreclosure purchasers; unfair conduct; prohibited representations and acts

IN Code § 24-5.5-5-5 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 5. A foreclosure purchaser may not:

(1) enter into repurchase or lease terms as part of the foreclosure reconveyance that are unfair or commercially unreasonable or engage in any other unfair conduct;

(2) represent, directly or indirectly, that the:

(A) foreclosure purchaser is acting:

(i) as an adviser or a consultant; or

(ii) in any other manner on behalf of the homeowner;

(B) foreclosure purchaser is assisting the homeowner to save the residence; or

(C) foreclosure purchaser is assisting the homeowner in preventing a foreclosure if the result of the transaction is that the homeowner will not complete a redemption of the property; or

(3) until the homeowner's right to rescind or cancel the foreclosure reconveyance agreement has expired:

(A) record any document, including an instrument or conveyance, signed by the homeowner; or

(B) transfer to a third party or encumber, or purport to transfer to a third party or encumber, any interest in the residential real property in foreclosure.

As added by P.L.209-2007, SEC.2.

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