Sec. 18.

(1) A licensee or registrant shall preserve and keep available for examination by the commissioner each secondary mortgage loan document in its possession or control, including the application, credit report, employment verification, loan disclosure statement, and settlement statement, until the secondary mortgage loan is transferred or assigned, or the expiration of 2 years after the date the secondary mortgage loan is closed, whichever occurs first.

(2) If the secondary mortgage loan is transferred or assigned, the licensee or registrant shall preserve and keep available for examination by the commissioner copies of the promissory note, mortgage, truth-in-lending disclosure statement, and settlement statement in its possession or control for 2 years after the date the secondary mortgage loan is transferred or assigned.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, each licensee or registrant shall preserve and keep available for examination by the commissioner all documents pertaining to a rejected application for a secondary mortgage loan for the period of time required by state or federal law.

(4) A licensee or registrant shall preserve all other books, accounts, records, and documents pertaining to the licensee's or registrant's business and keep them available for examination by the commissioner for not less than 2 years after the conclusion of the fiscal year of the licensee or registrant in which the book, account, record, or document was created.

History: 1981, Act 125, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997 Compiler's Notes: For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibility of the financial institutions bureau and the commissioner of the financial institutions bureau to the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services and the office of financial and insurance services by type III transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2000-2, compiled at MCL 445.2003 of the Michigan compiled laws.Popular Name: Secondary Mortgage Loan Act