(1) A bank that requires a mortgagor to maintain hazard insurance as a condition of receiving a mortgage loan shall not require the amount of the hazard insurance to be greater than the replacement cost of the mortgaged building or buildings.
    (2) A bank may require an amount of property and casualty insurance that is required of the bank as a condition of sale, transfer, or assignment of all or part of the mortgage to a third party. This subsection does not require that the bank anticipate a sale, transfer, or assignment at the time the mortgage is made.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.14204

  • Bank: means a state banking corporation that is organized or reorganized under this act or organized under any law of this state enacted before March 1, 2000, including a state banking corporation that voluntarily limits its activities. See Michigan Laws 487.11201
  • 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.