Section 18266 Of Article 5. Limitations And Regulations Of Loans And Purchased Obligations From California Financial Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Except as set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c), any
loan or obligation made or acquired by an industrial loan company
that has investment certificates outstanding that is secured
primarily by real property and has an outstanding principal balance
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more shall be secured by real
property having a fair market value, or real property and personal
property combined having a fair market value, at the time the loan or
other obligation is made or acquired, of at least 110 percent of the
principal amount owing on the loan or obligation and on prior
encumbrances, except nondelinquent tax liens, secured by the same
real property with regard to loans secured solely by real property,
or by both real property and personal property. Fair market value of
the real property for purposes of this section shall be determined by
a real property appraiser who meets the qualifications established
pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery,
and Enforcement Act of 1989, Public Law 101-73, and any applicable
regulations, guidelines, or policies thereunder.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to:
(1) Any loan guaranteed in whole or in part by the Administrator
of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944 or any act of Congress supplementary or amendatory thereof.
(2) Any loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration
pursuant to the National Housing Act or any act of Congress
supplementary or amendatory thereof.
(c) Subject to all other provisions of subdivision (a) and any
requirements the commissioner may impose by rule or order, the
following loans may be secured by real property having a fair market
value of less than 110 percent of the principal amount of the loan
and prior encumbrances:
(1) Any loan made by an industrial loan company to facilitate the
sale of real property owned by the industrial loan company resulting
from foreclosure or receipt of a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
(2) Any loan renewed or modified by an industrial loan company
pursuant to a clearly defined and well-documented program adopted by
the board of directors of the industrial loan company to achieve
orderly repayment of the loan or to maximize recovery of the loan.
(3) Any loan or obligation saleable in the secondary market. For
purposes of this paragraph, "saleable in the secondary market" means
saleable to a qualified institutional buyer, as evidenced by
irrevocable commitments to buy by those qualified institutional
buyers.
(4) Any loan or obligation owned for less than 90 days.
(d) In complying with the requirement of subdivision (a), an
industrial loan company may include the principal amount of private
mortgage insurance.
(e) Any loan or obligation made or acquired by an industrial loan
company that has investment certificates outstanding that is secured
solely by motor vehicles or other personal property shall be secured
by that property having a fair market value at the time the loan or
other obligation is made or acquired of at least 100 percent of the
principal amount owing on the loan or obligation. The personal
property held as security shall be of a class or kind that has been
declared eligible by regulation of the commissioner.