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https://www.hmpadmin.com/portal/programs/docs/hamp_servicer/mhahandbook_45.pdf Page 22
1.7 Dodd-Frank Certification Requirement
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) provides that no person is eligible to begin receiving assistance under the MHA Program if such person, in connection with a mortgage or real estate transaction, has been convicted within the last 10 years of any of the following:
ï‚· Felony larceny, theft, fraud, or forgery;
ï‚· Money laundering; or
ï‚· Tax evasion.
The Dodd-Frank Certification requirement became effective September 21, 2010. All HAMP and 2MP, TPPs, permanent HAMP, 2MP, Treasury FHA HAMP and RD-HAMP modifications, offers relating to such TPPs and permanent modifications, and HAFA short sale and DIL offers outstanding as of the effective date of this requirement are not impacted by the Dodd-Frank Certification requirement.
A servicer must obtain an executed Dodd-Frank Certification from each borrower (or other recipient of MHA incentives) in accordance with the guidance set forth in the table below. Servicers are required to date stamp the executed Dodd-Frank Certification upon receipt, whether or not the borrower has dated it. The Interim Period described in the table below is the period from September 22, 2010 through December 31, 2010. The Final Period is the period beginning January 1, 2011. The form of the Dodd-Frank Certification is available on
www.HMPadmin.com.An amended form of the Dodd-Frank Certification was released on February 17, 2011 and can be found on
www.HMPadmin.com. Servicers must use the amended form beginning on and after May 1, 2011. To the extent a borrower delivered the original form of the Dodd-Frank Certification, regardless of whether such borrower checked the boxes therein or dated it, the borrower shall be deemed to have complied with the Dodd-Frank Certification requirement.