No bank or out-of-state bank shall, in connection with any application for a mortgage loan in this state which is secured by mortgage on residential real estate located in this state, require any prospective mortgagor to obtain by purchase or otherwise an owner’s title insurance policy as a condition for the granting of such mortgage.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-756

  • Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Loan: includes any line of credit or other extension of credit. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Out-of-state: includes any state other than Connecticut and any foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2