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

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.3511

  • Bank: means a state banking corporation organized or reorganized under the provisions of the banking code of 1999, 1999 PA 276, MCL 487. See Michigan Laws 487.3102
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Savings bank: means a state banking corporation organized or reorganized under this act. See Michigan Laws 487.3103
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