Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE54 PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES |
CHAPTER645F. Mortgage Lending and Related Professions |
FORECLOSURE CONSULTANTS, FORECLOSURE PURCHASERS, LOAN MODIFICATION CONSULTANTS AND PERSONS PERFORMING COVERED SERVICES FOR COMPENSATION |
General Provisions |
NRS645F.310. “Covered service” defined.
- “Covered service” includes, without limitation:
1. Financial counseling to a homeowner, including, without limitation, debt counseling and budget counseling.
2. Receiving money for the purpose of distributing it to creditors in payment or partial payment of any obligation secured by a mortgage or other lien on a residence in foreclosure.
3. Contacting a creditor on behalf of a homeowner.
4. Arranging or attempting to arrange for an extension of the period within which a homeowner may cure a default and reinstate an obligation pursuant to a note, mortgage or deed of trust.
5. Arranging or attempting to arrange for any delay or postponement of the time of a foreclosure sale of a residence in foreclosure.
6. Advising a homeowner regarding the filing of any document or assisting in any manner in the preparation of any document for filing with a bankruptcy court.
7. Giving any advice, explanation or instruction to a homeowner which in any manner relates to the cure of a default in or the reinstatement of an obligation secured by a mortgage or other lien on a residence, the full satisfaction of the obligation, or the postponement or avoidance of a foreclosure sale.
8. Arranging or conducting, or attempting to arrange or conduct, for a homeowner any forensic loan audit or review or other audit or review of loan documents.
9. Arranging or attempting to arrange for a homeowner the purchase by a third party of the homeowner’s mortgage loan.
10. Arranging or attempting to arrange for a homeowner a reduction of the principal of the homeowner’s mortgage loan when such a mortgage loan is held by or serviced by a third party.
11. Providing the services of a loan modification consultant.
12. Providing the services of a foreclosure consultant.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2854; A 2011, 3639)