(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a domestic credit union that requires a mortgagor to maintain property and casualty insurance as a condition to receiving a mortgage loan shall not require an amount of property and casualty insurance that is greater than the replacement cost of the mortgaged building or buildings.
    (2) A domestic credit union may require an amount of property and casualty insurance that is required of the domestic credit union 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 domestic credit union anticipate a sale, transfer, or assignment at the time the mortgage loan is made.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 490.424

  • Credit union: means a domestic or foreign credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Domestic credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit entity organized under this act for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, providing a variety of financial services to its members, and providing an opportunity for its members to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social condition. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • 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.
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