(1) In the conduct of any examination, investigation, or hearing, the commissioner or an officer designated by the commissioner may compel the attendance of any person or obtain any documents by subpoenas; administer oaths or affirmations in the examination of the directors, officers, agents, employees of any mortgage loan company, or mortgage loan broker or any other person concerning the business and conduct of affairs or any person subject to the provisions of this subtitle, and in connection therewith may require and compel the production of any books, records, papers, or other documents relevant to the inquiry.
(2) In the contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, Franklin Circuit Court, upon application by the commissioner, may issue to the person an order requiring him or her to appear before the commissioner, or the officer designated by the commissioner, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.8-180

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Financial
    Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Person: means a natural person, or any type or form of corporation, company, partnership, proprietorship, association, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

(3) The cost of any investigation or hearing conducted under KRS § 286.8-190 may be assessed to and collected from the mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker in question by the commissioner.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 784, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 10, effective July 14, 1992. — Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch.
365, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS § 294.180.
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, and KRS references within this statute have been adjusted to conform with the 2006 renumbering of that code.