Kentucky Statutes 286.8-110 – Rates — Mortgage required as evidence of real estate loan — Delinquency charges — Attorneys’ fees — Charges made part of note — Limits on prepayment penalties
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(1) Mortgage loan companies are prohibited from making loans and mortgage loan brokers are prohibited from brokering loans in violation of KRS § 360.100 and are prohibited from making or brokering such loans at a rate or rates in excess of those provided by KRS § 360.010 and KRS § 360.025 or other applicable usury statutes.
(2) Every real estate loan shall be secured by a mortgage or other instrument constituting a lien upon the real estate securing the loan, according to any lawful or well-recognized practice that is best suited to the transaction. Any such instrument, constituting a lien, is herein termed a “mortgage.” All such mortgages shall be recorded in accordance with the law of this Commonwealth.
(3) Delinquency charges may be made for each installment more than ten (10) days in arrears, and only one (1) delinquency charge shall be made on any one (1) installment. No delinquency charge shall be made unless disclosed as required under subsection (2) of this section. In addition to such delinquency charges, attorneys’ fees not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of the unpaid balance shall be taxed as costs and court costs may be collected, provided that the note is referred to an attorney not a salaried employee of the holder for collection.
(4) Any charges to be assessed against the borrower in the event a loan is paid prior to maturity shall be prominently displayed and made part of the note and the loan closing statement regarding the method of computation of any rebate. No prepayment penalty shall be assessed against the borrower following the third anniversary date of the mortgage or sixty (60) days prior to the date of the first interest rate reset, whichever is less. No prepayment penalty shall exceed three percent (3%) for the first year, two percent (2%) for the second year, and one percent (1%) for the third year of the outstanding balance of the loan; but in no event shall a prepayment penalty be assessed against a borrower refinancing with the mortgage loan company that funded the mortgage.
Effective: April 24, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 11, effective April 24, 2008. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1986
Ky. Acts ch. 461, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1986. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.110.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.
(2) Every real estate loan shall be secured by a mortgage or other instrument constituting a lien upon the real estate securing the loan, according to any lawful or well-recognized practice that is best suited to the transaction. Any such instrument, constituting a lien, is herein termed a “mortgage.” All such mortgages shall be recorded in accordance with the law of this Commonwealth.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.8-110
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Borrower: means any person that seeks, applies for, or obtains a mortgage loan. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
- Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgage loan: means any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual security interest on residential real property or any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by collateral that has a mortgage lien interest in residential real property. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
- Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
- real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) Delinquency charges may be made for each installment more than ten (10) days in arrears, and only one (1) delinquency charge shall be made on any one (1) installment. No delinquency charge shall be made unless disclosed as required under subsection (2) of this section. In addition to such delinquency charges, attorneys’ fees not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of the unpaid balance shall be taxed as costs and court costs may be collected, provided that the note is referred to an attorney not a salaried employee of the holder for collection.
(4) Any charges to be assessed against the borrower in the event a loan is paid prior to maturity shall be prominently displayed and made part of the note and the loan closing statement regarding the method of computation of any rebate. No prepayment penalty shall be assessed against the borrower following the third anniversary date of the mortgage or sixty (60) days prior to the date of the first interest rate reset, whichever is less. No prepayment penalty shall exceed three percent (3%) for the first year, two percent (2%) for the second year, and one percent (1%) for the third year of the outstanding balance of the loan; but in no event shall a prepayment penalty be assessed against a borrower refinancing with the mortgage loan company that funded the mortgage.
Effective: April 24, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 11, effective April 24, 2008. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1986
Ky. Acts ch. 461, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1986. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.110.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.