Nevada Revised Statutes 107.540 – Single point of contact required to be established by mortgage servicer for foreclosure prevention alternative; responsibilities
1. If a borrower requests a foreclosure prevention alternative, the mortgage servicer must promptly establish a single point of contact and provide to the borrower one or more direct means of communication with the single point of contact.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 107.540
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- mortgage: includes a deed of trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.037
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
2. A single point of contact is responsible for:
(a) Communicating the process by which a borrower may apply for an available foreclosure prevention alternative and the deadline for any required submissions to be considered for the foreclosure prevention alternatives.
(b) Coordinating receipt of all documents associated with the available foreclosure prevention alternatives and notifying the borrower of any missing documents necessary to complete an application for a foreclosure prevention alternative.
(c) Having access to current information and personnel sufficient to timely, accurately and adequately inform the borrower of the current status of the foreclosure prevention alternative.
(d) Ensuring that the borrower is considered for all foreclosure prevention alternatives offered by, or through, the mortgage servicer and for which the borrower is or may be eligible.
(e) Having access to a person or persons with the ability and authority to stop the foreclosure process when necessary.
3. A single point of contact must remain assigned to the borrower’s account until the mortgage servicer determines that all foreclosure prevention alternatives offered by, or through, the mortgage servicer have been exhausted or the borrower’s account becomes current.
4. The mortgage servicer shall ensure that a single point of contact refers and transfers a borrower to an appropriate supervisor upon request of the borrower, if the single point of contact has a supervisor.
5. If the responsibilities of a single point of contact are performed by a team of personnel, the mortgage servicer must ensure that each member of the team is knowledgeable about the borrower’s situation and current status in the process of seeking a foreclosure prevention alternative.
6. As used in this section, ‘single point of contact’ means a natural person or a team of personnel each of whom has the ability and authority to perform the responsibilities described in this section.