(1) Reports of examination, and correspondence that relates to the report of examination, of a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker shall be considered confidential information. No officer or director of a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker, employee of the department, or employee of a state or federal regulatory authority shall release any information contained in the examination, except when:
(a) Required in a proper legal proceeding in which a subpoena and protective order insuring confidentiality has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.8-175

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
  • Mortgage loan broker: means any person who for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or other gain, received directly or indirectly, serves as an agent for any borrower in an attempt to obtain a mortgage loan, or holds oneself out as being able to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
  • Mortgage loan company: means any person who directly or indirectly:
    (a) Makes, purchases, or sells mortgage loans, or holds oneself out as being able to do so. See Kentucky Statutes 286.8-010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

(b) The information is referred to an appropriate prosecuting attorney for possible criminal proceedings.
(2) The department may furnish to and exchange information and reports with officials and examiners of other properly authorized state or federal regulatory authorities.
(3) Every official report concerning a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker, and every report of examination, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated for all purposes in any action in which the department, mortgage loan company, or mortgage loan broker is a party.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 783, effective July 15, 2010. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 197, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1998.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.175.
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.