Washington Administrative Code
Title 208 - Financial Institutions, Department of (See also Titles 50, 419, and 460)
Chapter 208-620 - Washington Consumer Loan Act
PROPRIETARY REVERSE MORTGAGE PRODUCTS
Section 208-620-800 - What definitions are applicable to proprietary reverse mortgage products under the act?

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 208-620-800

Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

(1) Advance. A payment from the lender to the borrower.

(2) "FHA-approved reverse mortgage" means a "home equity conversion mortgage" or other reverse mortgage product guaranteed or insured by the federal department of Housing and Urban Development.

(3) "Owner-occupied residence" is the borrower's residence and includes a life estate property the legal title for which is held in the name of the borrower in a reverse mortgage transaction or in the name of a trust, provided the occupant of the property is the beneficiary of that trust.

(4) "Proprietary reverse mortgage loan" is any reverse mortgage loan product that is not a home equity conversion mortgage loan or other federally guaranteed or insured loan.

(5) "Reverse mortgage broker or lender" means a licensee under the Washington state Consumer Loan Act, chapter 31.04 RCW, or a person exempt from licensing pursuant to federal law.

(6)"Reverse mortgage loan" means a nonrecourse consumer credit obligation in which:

(a) A mortgage, deed of trust, or equivalent consensual security interest is created in the borrower's dwelling securing one or more advances;

(b) Any principal, interest, or shared appreciation or equity is due and payable, other than in the case of default, only after:
(i) The consumer dies;

(ii) The dwelling is transferred; or

(iii) The consumer ceases to occupy the dwelling as a dwelling; and

(c) The broker or lender is licensed under Washington state law or exempt from licensing under federal law.

Statutory Authority: RCW 43.320.040, 31.04.165, 2009 c 120, and 2009 c 149. 09-24-090, § 208-620-800, filed 12/1/09, effective 1/1/10.

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